Re: What controls the rotation of "/var/log/auth.log"?

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Subject: Re: What controls the rotation of "/var/log/auth.log"?
From: Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:26:29 +0200
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Hello

Adam Funk (<a24061@yahoo.com>) wrote:

> What causes /var/log/auth.log to be rotated?
> 
> `grep -R auth.log /etc/` lists only the /etc/syslog.conf file entry to
> produce the auth.log file.  It *is* being rotated weekly on my system,
> but I want to add to the rotation procedure a script to mail me a log
> analysis.

logrotate is called by the cron daemon. Take a look
at /etc/cron.daily/logrotate.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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