Logrotate - /etc/logrotate.conf does't exist


 
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Old 06-20-2013
[Solved] Logrotate - /etc/logrotate.conf does't exist

Hi Admins.

I have installed logrotate rpm on Aix 6.1.
After the installation of rpm, I don't find /etc/logrotate.conf file and /etc/logrotate.d dir .

The config file is located in /opt/freeware/etc/logrotate.conf.

When I ran
Code:
logrotate -v /opt/freeware/etc/logrotate.conf

I get below error:

Code:
phcxxxx:/opt/freeware/etc/logrotate.d > logrotate -v /opt/freeware/etc/log>       
reading config file /opt/freeware/etc/logrotate.conf                                 
including /etc/logrotate.d                                                           
error: cannot stat /etc/logrotate.d: No such file or directory                       
removing last 0 log configs                                                          
phcxxxx:/opt/freeware/etc/logrotate.d >


Last edited by Scott; 06-20-2013 at 10:51 PM.. Reason: Added code tags again
# 2  
Old 06-20-2013
your errors is exactly because of the missing /etc/logrotate.conf and /etc/logrotate.d ...

your options:

(1) create a symlink for /opt/freeware/etc/logrotate.conf into /etc/logrotate.conf and /opt/freeware/etc/logrotate.d into /etc/logrotate.d

(2) manually create /etc/logrotate.d and copy /opt/freeware/etc/logrotate.conf into /etc/logrotate.conf

i would suggest creating the symlinks first and see if that works as that way is cleaner and you do not have to worry about maintaining 2 versions of the logrotate.conf file ...

btw, you might also want to consult the logrotate man page ...
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# 3  
Old 06-21-2013
Thank you!!. It looks fixed it.

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Mod Comment edit by bakunin: good! One more happy customer! ;-) I changed the thread title.

Last edited by bakunin; 06-23-2013 at 05:16 AM..
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