This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 10:56:40AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > > /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-base contains a size parameter, preventing > > it from rotating until the paniclog grows to this size. > > /etc/cron.daily/exim4-base checks the paniclog every day, and by > > default, sends an email if paniclog is a non-zero size. This > > combination results in sending an email every day about the same single > > issue. I have finally commented out the check panic log option in the > > cron.daily script, although I consider this suboptimal - I would prefer > > that it was just logrotated daily. I can of course make all the > > modifications myself, but it seems to me this is a poor default > > arrangement. Can the logrotate script go back to daily for the > > paniclog? > > The idea is that the paniclog is rotated manually after the reason for > the panicloc entry has been resolved. The paniclog logrotate.d entry > is only geared to prevent the disk from filling up.
So if there is ever an error that results in a write to paniclog, the local admin has to move it out of the way manually? Or am I misunderstanding you? Thanks, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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