Re: config for logrotate?
On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 09:29:14AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> I'm my quest to understand this thing called Debian I don't see where my
> standard log files are defined for logrotate.
>
> cron.daily calls /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
>
> /etc/logrotate.conf says to rotate only /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/btmp
> and includes /etc/logrotate.d. And that only includes "base-config" which
> only lists /var/log/installer.log and /var/log/installer.timings.
>
> So where are things like /var/log: messages, auth, kern, setuid, etc.
> defined?
Well, I think that sysklogd just doesn't use logrotate, but manages the
rotation by itself. Have a look at /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd.
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Peter Samek
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