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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Disabling logrotate Post 302181655 by primal on Thursday 3rd of April 2008 01:45:20 PM
Old 04-03-2008
Question Disabling logrotate

Is there a way to disable log rotation? (just for wtmp)
I'm looking in /etc/logrotate.conf and I checked the man page but didn't see any option to disable. Is it as simple as commenting out monthly and rotate lines?
Code:
/var/log/wtmp {
    missingok
#    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
#    rotate 1
}

It would use the global configuration settings (which is 4 weekly rotations) for wtmp after wouldn't it? I just want 1 log file, no removing or rotations for wtmp.

Thanks!
Primal
 

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AC(8)							      System Manager's Manual							     AC(8)

NAME
ac - login accounting SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/ac [ -w wtmp ] [ -p ] [ -d ] [ people ] ... DESCRIPTION
Ac produces a printout giving connect time for each user who has logged in during the life of the current wtmp file. A total is also pro- duced. -w is used to specify an alternate wtmp file. -p prints individual totals; without this option, only totals are printed. -d causes a printout for each midnight to midnight period. Any people will limit the printout to only the specified login names. If no wtmp file is given, /usr/adm/wtmp is used. The accounting file /usr/adm/wtmp is maintained by init and login. Neither of these programs creates the file, so if it does not exist no connect-time accounting is done. To start accounting, it should be created with length 0. On the other hand if the file is left undis- turbed it will grow without bound, so periodically any information desired should be collected and the file truncated. FILES
/usr/adm/wtmp SEE ALSO
init(8), sa(8), login(1), utmp(5). 4th Berkeley Distribution November 16, 1996 AC(8)
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