topic Re: log files in Operating System - Linux

log files

Fadia Almarei — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:02:52 GMT

Dear All
in my linux9 server what should i do for my log file how can i trim them,and how should i do to the server as rutine tasks

Re: log files

Fred Ruffet — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:09:33 GMT

Hi Fadia,

I suppose linux9 is redhat9.

In order to have your log not to grow too high, too fast, you can setup logrotate. This is available as an RPM, and configurable in /etc/cron.daily. As it is setup in this directory, it will run once a day.

Regards,

Fred

Re: log files

Fadia Almarei — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:19:44 GMT

ok , but how can i get this rpm ,or what is it is name in order to get it.

Re: log files

Fadia Almarei — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:05:10 GMT

thanks for your help fred, this rpm is already installed in redhatlinux 9 system, and it is also found in /etc/cron.daily.

Re: log files

Fred Ruffet — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:25:11 GMT

If :
. /etc/cron.daily/logrotate is executable
. crond is running
then logrotate should be running every day.

Now you should configure /etc/logrotate.conf the way you want (you can include any log file, even for your own programs). It already include some basic confs and "man logrotate" is pretty good.

Regards,

Fred

Re: log files

Ronen Amity — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:21:28 GMT

use www.rpmfind.org