On 2006-10-18 14:34, Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > The file `alias.log' is not rotated by `newsyslog.conf', so maybe we > > should add it there? Then we can let `newsyslog' signal `natd' by: > > > > %%% > > diff -r 4474abb9619a etc/newsyslog.conf > > --- a/etc/newsyslog.conf Fri Oct 13 17:34:54 2006 +0300 > > +++ b/etc/newsyslog.conf Wed Oct 18 15:54:52 2006 +0300 > > @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ > > # > > # logfilename [owner:group] mode count size when flags > > [/pid_file] [sig_num] > > /var/log/all.log 600 7 * @T00 J > > +/var/log/alias.log 600 7 100 * JC > > /var/run/natd.pid > > /var/log/amd.log 644 7 100 * J > > /var/log/auth.log 600 7 100 * JC > > /var/log/console.log 600 5 100 * J > > %%% > > > > Can you please add this line to your newsyslog.conf file and let it run > > for a while to see if it prevents the `alias.log' file of `natd' to fill > > your /var/log filesystem? > > > > I don't use `natd', so I can't test this myself for a long enough > > period. > > natd doesn't do the close and re-open all filehandles thing on receipt > of SIGHUP which pretty much makes it unsuitable for use with newsyslog. > (SIGHUP is caught by natd, but the only thing it does is cause natd to > update its idea of what the IP address is on the nat'ed interface.) > > There doesn't seem to be any signal that you can send natd with the > usual 'reread all config files and re-open all file descriptors' > effect that most daemons understand.
That's probably a bug, then, I guess. The fact that natd can keep a file open for an arbitrary amount of time and keep appending to it, until either natd dies or the file fills up an entire partition is not really a good idea :( I'll open a PR for this, and see if the people more knowledgeable with natd's internals can help with the SIGHUP-triggered actions of natd. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
