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1. AIX
Hey Admins,
I have installed logrotate on AIX server. I want to configure it for
1. /var/log/messages – keep 90 days, i.e., weekly rotate 13
2. Syslog – keep 90 days i.e., weekly rotate 13
3. Wtmp – keep 90 days i.e., weekly rotate 13
4. Sulog – keep 90 days i.e., weekly rotate 13
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have written script which is working in Home directory perfectly and also compressing log files and rotating correctly. But, when i try to run script for /var/log/ i am able to get compressed log files but not able to get rotation of compressed log files. Please suggest.
I am using below command... (5 Replies)
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3. SuSE
Hi all
We've had new servers coming in and one of the requirement was to keep logs for up to 8 months. I know logrotate can do the job, but by default (on Suse Enterprise10, 11) we have these logs in /etc/logrotate.d dir as default logs which are rotated:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140 Jul... (0 Replies)
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4. Linux
Hi all,
I have been asked to configure logrotate for a perticular log file for every 15 days. I do not find options other than weekly or monthly.Need you expertise on the same:confused: (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: iron_michael86
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5. Red Hat
Hi all,
I have to configure the logrotate.conf file on some Linux RedHat servers.
So, by default I seen the file is as follow:
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
# create new (empty) log files after rotating... (5 Replies)
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6. Linux
Hi I am trying to rotate specific log by using logrotate function in unix
I have made following entry in the /etc/logrotate.conf file
/var/log/testlog/debug_log {
daily
rotate 7
create
compress
}
But only issue is that my other logs like /var/log/messages,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: SiddhV
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi there,
I want to rotate the logfiles which are located in /var/log/jboss/tomcat*
so I have created a file named as 'tomat' in /etc/logrotate.d/tomcat with the following content.
# cat /etc/logrotate.d/tomcat
/var/log/jboss/tomcat_access_log*.log {
daily
nocreate
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have been mailing myself logs for a while, but just ran into a problem because of a process that cannot HUP its log. (I realize thats why they implemented the "copytruncate" option in the first place)
When I use logrotate with "copytruncate" and "compress" there is a problem. The "myScript"... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: jjinno
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,guys:
recently,i am puzzled by a question .when i create a new file named by /etc/logrotate.d/debug. The cont. is listed as follow:
/var/log/debug {
rotate 3
missingok
notifempty
size=2k
prerotate
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Discussion started by: icehero
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I changed the logrotate.conf file to make a new log file to be automatically rotated daily. But after a night, I have not seen the rotated file.
When does this rotation happen? I mean what is the exact time?
In addition, do I have to restart what deamon to make the change take effect? (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: fredao
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