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Old 08-15-2019
We also use logrotate, and this runs as a privileged user (for example root), as it does on most Linux systems I am currently using.

In other words, we do not use sudo to run logrotate because root kick off this process when it runs (I assume, but have not really looked deeply into it), and so it had permissions to chmod, chown, etc. on the archived log files.
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delete-audit-module

asadmin-delete-audit-module(1AS)				   User Commands				  asadmin-delete-audit-module(1AS)

NAME

       create-audit-module - removes the named audit-module

SYNOPSIS

       delete-audit-module  --user admin_user [--password admin_password] [--host localhost] [--port 4848] [--secure|-s] [--passwordfile filename]
       [--terse=false] [--echo=false] [--interactive=true] audit_module_name

       Removes the named audit module. This command is supported in remote mode only.

OPTIONS

       --user		       authorized domain application server administrative username.

       --password	       password to administer the domain application server.

       --host		       machine name where the domain application server is running.

       --port		       port number of the domain application server listening for administration requests.

       --secure 	       if true, uses SSL/TLS to communicate with the domain application server.

       --passwordfile	       file containing the domain application server password.

       --terse		       indicates that any output data must be very concise, typically avoiding human-friendly sentences and favoring well-
			       formatted data for consumption by a script. Default is false.

       --echo		       setting to true will echo the command line statement on the standard output. Default is false.

       --interactive	       if set to true (default), only the required password options are prompted.

OPERANDS

       audit_module_name       name of the audit module to be deleted.

       Example 1: Using delete-audit-module

       asadmin> delete-audit-module --user admin1
       --password adminadmin1 --host pigeon --port 5001 sampleAuditModule
       Command delete-audit-module executed successfully

EXIT STATUS

       0		       command executed successfully

       1		       error in executing the command

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