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

[Lukas Ruf <ruf@rawip.org>]

> 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'?  If so, see /etc/logrotate.conf
and /etc/logrotate.d/

wbr,
Lukas
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