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# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.conf,v 1.2 2004/07/18 01:58:24 dragonheart Exp $
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# Logrotate default configuration file for Gentoo Linux
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# See "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
#daily
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
compress
# packages can drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
notifempty
nomail
noolddir
# no packages own lastlog or wtmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
monthly
create 0664 root utmp
rotate 1
}
# system-specific logs may be also be configured here.
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two small, stupid questions,
what is comporessing, hat's it's use, what's the difference
what's rotating
and what are those names:
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notifempty
nomail
noolddir
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hensan
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Compressing means that the logs are gzipped when they are rotated
Rotating means that a logfile is moved aside and a new one is created. The oldest rotated log is deleted.
As for the three functions:
| config file wrote: | | See "man logrotate" for details |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Portage & Programming to Other Things Gentoo.
have a google: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_Logrotate
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blommethomas
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if you specify mail address,
it automatically mails to address whenever you specify mail?
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blommethomas
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is it safe to remove all logs in /var and start all over again with configuring logrotate and syslog?
most of my logs aren't written to since 7 months ago so...
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| blommethomas wrote: | if you specify mail address,
it automatically mails to address whenever you specify mail? |
It can mail you either the newest or the oldest log, provided that you have set up a working mail client for it to use.
| blommethomas wrote: | is it safe to remove all logs in /var and start all over again with configuring logrotate and syslog?
most of my logs aren't written to since 7 months ago so... |
Yes, the files in /var/log are safe to delete. |
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blommethomas
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:35 am Post subject: |
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I think I've set up a mail client in the past but how can I be sure?
for normal mail I use the Internet service of gmail but I can get it through mozilla thunderbird too
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I think you need something like mail-client/mailx for it to work (Might work with some of the other command line mail clients as well).
| logrotate manpage wrote: | -mmail <command>
Tells logrotate which command to use when mailing logs. This command should accept two arguments: 1) the subject
of the message, and 2) the recipient. The command must then read a message on standard input and mail it to the
recipient. The default mail command is /bin/mail -s.
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after having emptied /var/log, mysql doesn't start up anymore
and my apache can't write logs anymore, although both of them complazin of files not even in /var/log, did I remove symbolic links or something?
how can I get the log of my startup so I can give you the exact error message?
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You probably removed directories.......
You can remove the files, but leave the directories where they are....
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any idea what the normal directories are that are in /var/log?
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| blommethomas wrote: | | any idea what the normal directories are that are in /var/log? |
Depends on the software you have installed.
/var/log is owned by root, so only root processes can create fles in there.
As most services (like bind) are run as their own special users, they can't write directly to /var/log, therefore you must create directories and chown them to the appropriate users (and sometimes group).
For example, portage it has the following permissions:
drwxrws--- 3 portage portage 277480 2006-06-20 08:44 portage
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apache is a program which needs log files in /var/log/apache2, I recreated the directory but I'm not sure if the files will be remade. Further I suppose there are some general directories to like critical, cron, can someone give me confirmation.
Is there a way to regain the standard logs?
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| blommethomas wrote: | apache is a program which needs log files in /var/log/apache2, I recreated the directory but I'm not sure if the files will be remade. Further I suppose there are some general directories to like critical, cron, can someone give me confirmation.
Is there a way to regain the standard logs? |
Q1: yes they will, if access rights to the folder allow that of course
Q2: no, if you want more detailed differentation then the default 'per program' and what the apps do themself (e.g. apache having at least access_log + error_log) you need to configure this yourself
Q3: not sure what you mean
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so normally apache2 should remake the logs itself if they have the right rights?
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