rotating mail.log
Hi all, My server just ran out of space due to mail.log and mail.info getting massive. I have run syslogd-listfiles --weekly, and both files are listed in the output. Any ideas on how I can debug this? (Please CC me, I'm not subscribed.) Antony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:48:32PM +0100, Brett Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 55 lines which said: So, in summary, change: for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles` to: for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles -s mail.*` in /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd It worked. Many thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:48:32PM +0100, Brett Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 55 lines which said: So, in summary, change: for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles` to: for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles -s mail.*` in /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd It worked. Many thanks.
Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
I try to rotate the mail logs of a big mail server more often than the
default (weekly).
I added this to /etc/logrotate.d :
# http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/09/msg01310.html
# sysklogd rotates file and weekly is hardwired in it. We add this file
# to override it.
/var/log/mail.log /var/log/mail.info /var/log/mail.warn {
daily
rotate 52
compress
create 640 root adm
postrotate
/etc/init.d/sysklogd reload
endscript
}
It works but the default rotation scheme also, and it keeps rotating
every week (syslogd-listfiles --weekly). See May 16th, a saturday :
faramir:~ % ls -alt /var/log/mail.log*
-rw-r-1 root adm 5098621 May 21 15:16 /var/log/mail.log
-rw-r-1 root adm 2912181 May 21 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.1.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4232280 May 20 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.2.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 3352124 May 19 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.3.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 2974079 May 18 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.4.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm936179 May 17 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.5.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4916 May 16 06:36 /var/log/mail.log.0
-rw-r-1 root adm386548 May 16 06:19 /var/log/mail.log.7.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 26177210 May 15 06:15 /var/log/mail.log.8.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 7547207 May 9 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.6.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 38059962 Apr 25 06:38 /var/log/mail.log.9.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 64760921 Apr 23 06:29 /var/log/mail.log.10.gz
How can I suppress the default weekly rotation (which is not managed
by logrotate)?
Debian sarge.
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Re: Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
Stephane Bortzmeyer a écrit :
I try to rotate the mail logs of a big mail server more often than the
default (weekly).
I added this to /etc/logrotate.d :
# http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/09/msg01310.html
# sysklogd rotates file and weekly is hardwired in it. We add this file
# to override it.
/var/log/mail.log /var/log/mail.info /var/log/mail.warn {
daily
rotate 52
compress
create 640 root adm
postrotate
/etc/init.d/sysklogd reload
endscript
}
It works but the default rotation scheme also, and it keeps rotating
every week (syslogd-listfiles --weekly). See May 16th, a saturday :
faramir:~ % ls -alt /var/log/mail.log*
-rw-r-1 root adm 5098621 May 21 15:16 /var/log/mail.log
-rw-r-1 root adm 2912181 May 21 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.1.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4232280 May 20 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.2.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 3352124 May 19 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.3.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 2974079 May 18 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.4.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm936179 May 17 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.5.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4916 May 16 06:36 /var/log/mail.log.0
-rw-r-1 root adm386548 May 16 06:19 /var/log/mail.log.7.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 26177210 May 15 06:15 /var/log/mail.log.8.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 7547207 May 9 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.6.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 38059962 Apr 25 06:38 /var/log/mail.log.9.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 64760921 Apr 23 06:29 /var/log/mail.log.10.gz
How can I suppress the default weekly rotation (which is not managed
by logrotate)?
Debian sarge.
rotate 52- that does'nt seem right
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Re: Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 03:20:02PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
I try to rotate the mail logs of a big mail server more often than the
default (weekly).
I added this to /etc/logrotate.d :
# http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/09/msg01310.html
# sysklogd rotates file and weekly is hardwired in it. We add this file
# to override it.
/var/log/mail.log /var/log/mail.info /var/log/mail.warn {
daily
rotate 52
compress
create 640 root adm
postrotate
/etc/init.d/sysklogd reload
endscript
}
It works but the default rotation scheme also, and it keeps rotating
every week (syslogd-listfiles --weekly). See May 16th, a saturday :
faramir:~ % ls -alt /var/log/mail.log*
-rw-r-1 root adm 5098621 May 21 15:16 /var/log/mail.log
-rw-r-1 root adm 2912181 May 21 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.1.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4232280 May 20 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.2.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 3352124 May 19 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.3.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 2974079 May 18 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.4.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm936179 May 17 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.5.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4916 May 16 06:36 /var/log/mail.log.0
-rw-r-1 root adm386548 May 16 06:19 /var/log/mail.log.7.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 26177210 May 15 06:15 /var/log/mail.log.8.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 7547207 May 9 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.6.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 38059962 Apr 25 06:38 /var/log/mail.log.9.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 64760921 Apr 23 06:29 /var/log/mail.log.10.gz
How can I suppress the default weekly rotation (which is not managed
by logrotate)?
Debian sarge.
If you look in /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd you'll find where it runs those
rotates... if you add -s mail.* to the end of the syslogd-listfiles
command you *should* find that it will stop messing with things.
So, in summary, change:
for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles`
to:
for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles -s mail.*`
in /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd
I Hope that helps,
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Brett Parker
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Re: Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 09:59:59AM -0400, Dominique Fortier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 52 lines which said: rotate 52- that does'nt seem right Why? logrotate(1) rotate count Log files are rotated count times before being removed or mailed to the address specified in a mail directive. If count is 0, old versions are removed rather then rotated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
I try to rotate the mail logs of a big mail server more often than the
default (weekly).
I added this to /etc/logrotate.d :
# http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/09/msg01310.html
# sysklogd rotates file and weekly is hardwired in it. We add this file
# to override it.
/var/log/mail.log /var/log/mail.info /var/log/mail.warn {
daily
rotate 52
compress
create 640 root adm
postrotate
/etc/init.d/sysklogd reload
endscript
}
It works but the default rotation scheme also, and it keeps rotating
every week (syslogd-listfiles --weekly). See May 16th, a saturday :
faramir:~ % ls -alt /var/log/mail.log*
-rw-r-1 root adm 5098621 May 21 15:16 /var/log/mail.log
-rw-r-1 root adm 2912181 May 21 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.1.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4232280 May 20 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.2.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 3352124 May 19 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.3.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 2974079 May 18 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.4.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm936179 May 17 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.5.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4916 May 16 06:36 /var/log/mail.log.0
-rw-r-1 root adm386548 May 16 06:19 /var/log/mail.log.7.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 26177210 May 15 06:15 /var/log/mail.log.8.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 7547207 May 9 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.6.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 38059962 Apr 25 06:38 /var/log/mail.log.9.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 64760921 Apr 23 06:29 /var/log/mail.log.10.gz
How can I suppress the default weekly rotation (which is not managed
by logrotate)?
Debian sarge.
Re: Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
Stephane Bortzmeyer a écrit :
I try to rotate the mail logs of a big mail server more often than the
default (weekly).
I added this to /etc/logrotate.d :
# http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/09/msg01310.html
# sysklogd rotates file and weekly is hardwired in it. We add this file
# to override it.
/var/log/mail.log /var/log/mail.info /var/log/mail.warn {
daily
rotate 52
compress
create 640 root adm
postrotate
/etc/init.d/sysklogd reload
endscript
}
It works but the default rotation scheme also, and it keeps rotating
every week (syslogd-listfiles --weekly). See May 16th, a saturday :
faramir:~ % ls -alt /var/log/mail.log*
-rw-r-1 root adm 5098621 May 21 15:16 /var/log/mail.log
-rw-r-1 root adm 2912181 May 21 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.1.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4232280 May 20 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.2.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 3352124 May 19 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.3.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 2974079 May 18 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.4.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm936179 May 17 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.5.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4916 May 16 06:36 /var/log/mail.log.0
-rw-r-1 root adm386548 May 16 06:19 /var/log/mail.log.7.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 26177210 May 15 06:15 /var/log/mail.log.8.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 7547207 May 9 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.6.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 38059962 Apr 25 06:38 /var/log/mail.log.9.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 64760921 Apr 23 06:29 /var/log/mail.log.10.gz
How can I suppress the default weekly rotation (which is not managed
by logrotate)?
Debian sarge.
rotate 52- that does'nt seem right
Re: Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 03:20:02PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
I try to rotate the mail logs of a big mail server more often than the
default (weekly).
I added this to /etc/logrotate.d :
# http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/09/msg01310.html
# sysklogd rotates file and weekly is hardwired in it. We add this file
# to override it.
/var/log/mail.log /var/log/mail.info /var/log/mail.warn {
daily
rotate 52
compress
create 640 root adm
postrotate
/etc/init.d/sysklogd reload
endscript
}
It works but the default rotation scheme also, and it keeps rotating
every week (syslogd-listfiles --weekly). See May 16th, a saturday :
faramir:~ % ls -alt /var/log/mail.log*
-rw-r-1 root adm 5098621 May 21 15:16 /var/log/mail.log
-rw-r-1 root adm 2912181 May 21 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.1.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4232280 May 20 06:24 /var/log/mail.log.2.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 3352124 May 19 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.3.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 2974079 May 18 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.4.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm936179 May 17 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.5.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 4916 May 16 06:36 /var/log/mail.log.0
-rw-r-1 root adm386548 May 16 06:19 /var/log/mail.log.7.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 26177210 May 15 06:15 /var/log/mail.log.8.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 7547207 May 9 06:25 /var/log/mail.log.6.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 38059962 Apr 25 06:38 /var/log/mail.log.9.gz
-rw-r-1 root adm 64760921 Apr 23 06:29
/var/log/mail.log.10.gz
How can I suppress the default weekly rotation (which is not managed
by logrotate)?
Debian sarge.
If you look in /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd you'll find where it runs those
rotates... if you add -s mail.* to the end of the syslogd-listfiles
command you *should* find that it will stop messing with things.
So, in summary, change:
for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles`
to:
for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles -s mail.*`
in /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd
I Hope that helps,
--
Brett Parker
Re: Rotating mail.log daily: a problem
On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 09:59:59AM -0400, Dominique Fortier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 52 lines which said: rotate 52- that does'nt seem right Why? logrotate(1) rotate count Log files are rotated count times before being removed or mailed to the address specified in a mail directive. If count is 0, old versions are removed rather then rotated.
