On 04/07/2018 17:43, Tom wrote: Hi Tom,
> ...or you use "copytruncate", so the file will be copied and the other > stuff (compress, rotate 180, etc..) and then truncated, so BIND has > still the same filedescriptors open, but the logfile is rotated :-). > This way, you don't need to "rndc reconfig". Sorry, but this is not good advice, and I strongly urge everyone not to follow it. Copying a file takes a finite amount of time, so the copy may not have all the latest logs, and those are lost when the original is truncated. The bigger the log file, the higher the chance of losing log messages. The logrotate man page also notes this possibility of losing log messages, and this option should only be used as a last resort, where there's no way to tell a program to reopen its log file. BIND has no such limitation, and so "rndc reconfig" is the right way to handle reopening its log file. Regards, Anand _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
