********* Assistance Please: logrotate problem ************
Hello I'm not certain if you guys can
assist , but here goes. I've downloaded and installed SMClogr version 3.7.1
on my Solaris 2.8 server.
For some reason I'm not able to compress
the log files. below I've sent you the doc.
Would please point out how I can correct
and get this going.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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Error when exec of : logrotate
/etc/logrotate.conf
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supcon1[root] logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
error: failed to compress log /tmp/scon.log.1
error: failed to compress log /tmp/scon.error.1
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logrotate.conf
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supcon1[root] pwd
/etc
supcon1[root] more logrotate.conf
# see "man logrotate" for
details
# rotate log files weekly
#weekly
daily
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
#rotate 4
rotate 3
# create new (empty) log files after
rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log
files compressed
compress
# RPM packages drop log rotation information
into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
#include /tmp/logrotate.d/scon1
# no packages own wtmp -- we'll rotate
them here
#/var/log/wtmp {
/tmp/wtmp {
daily
create 0644 root root
rotate 1
}
# system-specific logs may be also be
configured here.
supcon1[root]
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/etc/logrotate.d/scon1
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supcon1[root] cd /etc
supcon1[root] vi /etc/logrotate.d/scon1
"/etc/logrotate.d/scon1" 18
lines, 360 characters
/tmp/scon.log {
rotate
2
daily
compress
notifempty
create
0644 oracle oracle
size=200k
}
/tmp/scon.error {
rotate
2
daily
compress
notifempty
create
0644 oracle oracle
#errors
ray.hill@ny.frb.org
size=200k
}
supcon1[root]
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Before execution of logrotate
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supcon1[root] pwd
/tmp
supcon1[root] ls -l
total 76656
drwxr-xr-x 2 root
other 179 Nov 7 23:18 logrotate.d
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root
sys 1024 Nov 7 09:56 ps_data
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle
9796127 Nov 8 10:38 scon.error
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle
9796127 Nov 8 10:37 scon.log
-rw------- 1 root
other 0 Nov 8 09:18 sh5354.1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root
other 117 Nov 8 09:47 wtmp
supcon1[root] cd wtmp
supcon1[root] ls -l
total 0
supcon1[root]
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After execution of logrotate
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supcon1[root] cd /tmp
supcon1[root] ls -l
total 57520
drwxr-xr-x 2 root
other 179 Nov 7 23:18 logrotate.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle
0 Nov 8 10:44 scon.error
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle
9796127 Nov 8 10:38 scon.error.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle
0 Nov 8 10:44 scon.error.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle
0 Nov 8 10:44 scon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle
9796127 Nov 8 10:37 scon.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle
0 Nov 8 10:44 scon.log.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root
other 9796127 Nov 8 09:23 scon.log_org
drwxr-xr-x 2 root
other 117 Nov 8 09:47 wtmp
supcon1[root]
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Installation of pkg
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supcon1[root] pkginfo -l SMClogr
PKGINST: SMClogr
NAME: logrotate
CATEGORY: application
ARCH: sparc
VERSION: 3.7.1
BASEDIR: /usr/local
VENDOR: Paul Gear
and Danial Howard
PSTAMP: Steve Christensen
INSTDATE: Nov 07 2005 17:25
EMAIL: steve@smc.vnet.net
STATUS: completely
installed
FILES:
14 installed pathnames
2 shared pathnames
6 directories
1 executables
164 blocks used (approx)
supcon1[root] pwd
Ray H.
ext 8527
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