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A few if logifle under /var/log are getting bigger and bigger and it seems the log rotation is never executed.
For example file /var/log/messages was 1.3Gb when I checked and deleted it!
However:
1. /etc/logrotate.conf contains a line include /etc/logrotate.d
2. /etc/logrotate.d contains file syslog
3. syslog contains
/var/log/warn /var/log/messages /var/log/allmessages /var/log/localmessages /var/log/firewall {
compress
dateext
maxage 365
rotate 99
missingok
notifempty
size +4096k
create 640 root root
sharedscripts
postrotate
/etc/init.d/syslog reload
endscript
}
I do not understand all these options but as far I as can see with 1.3Gb the max size is reached for my messages file, but the rotation did not occured.
What would b the best way to get these logfile rotated as expected?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Joel
For example file /var/log/messages was 1.3Gb when I checked and deleted it!
However:
1. /etc/logrotate.conf contains a line include /etc/logrotate.d
2. /etc/logrotate.d contains file syslog
3. syslog contains
/var/log/warn /var/log/messages /var/log/allmessages /var/log/localmessages /var/log/firewall {
compress
dateext
maxage 365
rotate 99
missingok
notifempty
size +4096k
create 640 root root
sharedscripts
postrotate
/etc/init.d/syslog reload
endscript
}
I do not understand all these options but as far I as can see with 1.3Gb the max size is reached for my messages file, but the rotation did not occured.
What would b the best way to get these logfile rotated as expected?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Joel
