Re: huge /var/log/exim files
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 10:42:01AM -0500, Kirk R. Wythers wrote: > /var is full, and I see that /var/log/exim files are huge > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:230 pwd > /var/log/exim > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:231 ls -lh > total 172088 > -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail 102M Aug 6 10:32 mainlog > -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail 6.8K Aug 5 03:01 paniclog > -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail66M Aug 5 16:00 rejectlog > > My question is this: If I rm mainlog and reject log, will they be built > again or is there a more subtle way to do this? > > Thanks, > > Kirk man newsyslog Newsyslog allows you to configure automatic rotation of log files. It's run automatically from cron every few minutes. For my Exim logs, I have the following in /etc/newsyslog.conf: /var/log/exim/mainlog mailnull:mail 640 7 *$D0 Z /var/log/exim/rejectlog mailnull:mail 640 7 *$D0 Z This means that the mainlog and rejectlog will be rotated every day at midnight ($D0), the old logs will be compressed (Z), and 7 older versions of each log will be kept. Although I notice that it actually seems to be keeping 8... Anyway, you can also set the permissions and ownership of the logs as I've done here. It's also possible to send a signal to a process to tell it to re-open its logs, but this isn't necessary with Exim. HTH, Scott ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: huge /var/log/exim files
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 04:50:36PM +0100, John Ekins wrote: > > -- > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:42:27 -0400 (EDT) > Steve Hovey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -> > -> I do > -> > -> cat /dev/null > mainlog > -> > -> etc > > Or how about exicyclog? It installed as part of exim. It is the "more > subtle" way. Or have exim write to dated logfiles: log_file_path = /var/log/exim/%s.%D.log (in /usr/local/etc/exim/configure) ie: [17:05:30] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home# ls -l /var/log/exim/ -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail 101766 Aug 5 23:59 main.20030805.log -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail 126424 Aug 6 17:02 main.20030806.log That way you can just remove the older logfiles (once you've backed up first of course!). -- Jez http://www.munk.nu/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: huge /var/log/exim files
I do cat /dev/null > mainlog etc On 6 Aug 2003, Kirk R. Wythers wrote: > /var is full, and I see that /var/log/exim files are huge > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:230 pwd > /var/log/exim > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:231 ls -lh > total 172088 > -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail 102M Aug 6 10:32 mainlog > -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail 6.8K Aug 5 03:01 paniclog > -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail66M Aug 5 16:00 rejectlog > > My question is this: If I rm mainlog and reject log, will they be built > again or is there a more subtle way to do this? > > Thanks, > > Kirk > > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
huge /var/log/exim files
/var is full, and I see that /var/log/exim files are huge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:230 pwd /var/log/exim [EMAIL PROTECTED]:231 ls -lh total 172088 -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail 102M Aug 6 10:32 mainlog -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail 6.8K Aug 5 03:01 paniclog -rw-r- 1 mailnull mail66M Aug 5 16:00 rejectlog My question is this: If I rm mainlog and reject log, will they be built again or is there a more subtle way to do this? Thanks, Kirk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: huge /var/log/exim files
-- On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:42:27 -0400 (EDT) Steve Hovey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -> -> I do -> -> cat /dev/null > mainlog -> -> etc Or how about exicyclog? It installed as part of exim. It is the "more subtle" way. [snipped] -> > My question is this: If I rm mainlog and reject log, will they be built -> > again or is there a more subtle way to do this? -> > -> > Thanks, -> > -> > Kirk Cheers, John. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
