On Sunday 12 Feb 2017 19:11:23 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am perplexed why box of mine will not logrotate system logs, which have > > now grown into gigs. kern.log, syslog, messages, etc. are eating up > > space unconstrained, to the point where the partition run out of it. > > > > Trying to run /etc/cron.daily/logrotate from a terminal does not show > > anything in messages, or syslog. > > > > Particulars below: > > > > # ls -la /etc/cron.daily/logrotate > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179 Feb 12 16:09 /etc/cron.daily/logrotate > > > > > > # cat /etc/cron.daily/logrotate > > #!/bin/sh > > > > /usr/bin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf > > EXITVALUE=$? > > if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then > > > > /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with > > [$EXITVALUE]" > > > > fi > > exit 0 > > > > > > This is an installation I have not really changed much from default > > settings. Comparing with other systems which work as expected I can't see > > anything amiss. How could I troubleshoot/fix this problem? > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Mick > > I had a similar problem a while back, and Alex Corkwell suggested > removing the executable bit on /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron, which did > the trick for me. > > See gentoo-user archives for an email exchange with 'portage summary > logs not rotated any more' as the subject for full details. > > Hope this helps.
Thanks Alexander, it pays going back to basics ... for some reason my cronie service was not running. o_O I added it to default runlevel and hopefully it will do its magic from now on. -- Regards, Mick
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