Re: NEVER remove log files without asking
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 01:03:26AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> Policy does not mandate "rm -rf" on the entire directory tree.
No, but it does imply that apache owns /var/log/apache and is entitled
to do so.
> Removing /var/log/apache/access.log* /var/log/apache/error.log* and attempting
> rmdir on /var/log/apache satisfies the requirements of policy.
I'm not sure it does. Policy states that we should remove logfiles.
If the user has edited the config file to split some of the logfiles
(for example, per virtual host is quite common), we should also remove
those, no?
> Removing subdirectories of /var/log/apache and files other than access.log*
> and error.log* in /var/log/apache is not required or expected and can only
> give a bad result.
>
> If you don't create it then don't remove it!
But we did create it.
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