I see syslogd-listfiles and savelog at heart of /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd. Are these methods unique to Debian? I use RH6.1 and Mandrake 8.1 and they do not have syslogd-listfiles or savelog commands.
On my RH6.1 systems (slated for migration to Debian) the logrotate facility is used to in the logrotate script in /etc/cron.daily. I had to add /etc/rc.d.init.d/syslog restart to get new files handles for the loggers. The Mandrake 8.1 system is same. I notice that sysklogd does the restart. It's appears that I have solved a problem the Debians solved in 1998. Grrrrrr. Can someone explain why Debian does not use the logrotate facility to rotate the log files? Is savelog a better logrotate with compressing at cycle 1 instead of 0. In sysklogd what are the permission changes for in files listed with "syslogd-listfiles --auth"? TIA -- m -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]