Re: What controls the rotation of "/var/log/auth.log"?
On Monday 13 September 2004 10:40, Lukas Ruf wrote:
>> Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> [2004-09-13 11:06]:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> do you have the package 'logrotate'?
Yes but...
> If so, see /etc/logrotate.conf
> and /etc/logrotate.d/
I can't find any references to auth.log in those config files, or in the
logrotate status file. (More details are in my response to Andreas
Janssen's post.)
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