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# 1  
Old 04-05-2010
error running postrotate script
Hi,

I am getiing emails from cron.daily with subject:
Code:
Cron root@vsftp run-parts /etc/cron.daily

/etc/cron.daily/logrotate:

Code:
/sbin/killall -HUP radiusd
: line 1: /sbin/killall: No such file or directory
error: error running postrotate script for /var/log/vsftpd/logfile 

the /etc/logrotate.conf file is as follows:
weekly
rotate 4
create
include /etc/logrotate.d
/var/log/wtmp {
    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
    rotate 1
}
/var/log/vsftpd/logfile {
        daily
        rotate 4
        postrotate
                /sbin/killall -HUP vsftpd
        endscript
}

what is going wrong in the config file? what changes do i need to do to clear the error?
Last edited by renuka; 04-05-2010 at 11:01 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 04-05-2010
Check if killall exist in the /sbin directory???

Show the entry that you have in your cron.
# 3  
Old 04-05-2010
Hi,

As the error message states there is not file /sbin/killall

please run "whereis killall" ( In my casse it is in /usr/bin)

And this section of your file

Code:
/var/log/radius/logfile {
        daily
        rotate 4
        postrotate
                /sbin/killall -HUP vsftpd
        endscript
}

logrotate.d/servicename

example

/etc/logrotate.d/radius

and not in /etc/logrotate.conf

you may change the /sbin/killall to its absolute path or
use just "killall" given you cron env is set appropriately

Regards,
Syed
Last edited by pludi; 04-05-2010 at 08:19 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 4  
Old 04-05-2010
Regards
Arumon
# 5  
Old 04-06-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by gomes1333
Check if killall exist in the /sbin directory???

Show the entry that you have in your cron.

Hi,
killall's path is /usr/bin/killall. I have made the change in the /etc/logrotate.conf file. thank you... will check the next day if i receive same email from cron.daily.

---------- Post updated 04-06-10 at 01:16 AM ---------- Previous update was 04-05-10 at 08:54 AM ----------

hi,

I changed the killall path from /sbin/killall to /usr/bin/killall and since then i did not receive any email from cron.daily...I think its working as expected.

But as maverick said, that i must create a new file in logrotate.d dir, I think that is how ideally custom logrotate files should be created but I would like to confirm if creating an entry in logrotate.conf would be problematic.
# 6  
Old 04-06-2010
Generally you may configure system-specific logs in /etc/logrotate.conf

However it is always good to have a service file in /etc/logrotate.d

For the sake of clarity

The binary responsible for log rotation is

/usr/sbin/logrotate

It takes /etc/logrotate.conf

which has a

include /etc/logrotate.d
directive ;which is by default enabled.It would be more sensible to have a service based file in /etc/logrotate.d
# 7  
Old 04-07-2010
hi maverick,

i understand now...thank you for the explanation..
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