Problems with lograte

["Adar Dembo" <adar@stanford.edu>]

adar@adar:/var/log$ cat /etc/logrotate.conf
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly

# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4

# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create

# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress

# packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d

# no packages own wtmp, or btmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
    rotate 1
}

/var/log/btmp {
    missingok
    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
    rotate 1
}

# system-specific logs may be configured here

/var/log/syslog {
    weekly
    rotate 52
    compress
    delaycompress
    notifempty
    mail <some valid e-mail>
    create 640 root sysadmin
}

/var/log/auth.log {
    weekly
    rotate 52
    compress
    delaycompress
    notifempty
    mail <some valid e-mail>
    create 640 root sysadmin
}

adar@adar:/etc/logrotate.d$ cat apache
/var/log/apache/*.log {
        weekly
        missingok
        rotate 52
        mail <some valid e-mail>
        compress
        delaycompress
        notifempty
        create 640 root sysadmin
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                /etc/init.d/apache reload > /dev/null
        endscript
}

I substituted that silly tag after the mail line so I won't get spammed,
but it is a valid e-mail address; I'm sure of it. Basically, syslog and
apache's logs are created with group sysadmin, with the proper
priveledges, and compressed. However, they are not being mailed to that
e-mail address. The computer is running qmail, set up on SMTP and on
POP3, and is working perfectly for both. In /var/log/qmail/current, I
see no record of any messages sent by logrotate.

adar@adar:/var/log$ ls -l auth.log*
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm          8688 May 26 16:08 auth.log
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm           477 May 26 06:47 auth.log.0
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm           164 May 19 06:47 auth.log.1.gz
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm        197803 May 26 06:25 auth.log.2
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm        121176 May 19 06:25 auth.log.3
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm           161 May 12 06:47 auth.log.3.gz
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm           161 May  5 06:47 auth.log.4.gz
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm         11787 Apr 28 06:47 auth.log.5.gz
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm         27480 Apr 21 06:47 auth.log.6.gz

Furthermore, why is auth.log not being created for the group sysadmin?

Adar


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