sulog and syslog lost after system restart

[Michael Piechowski]

unsure how to disable this - want the files to continue to append instead of deleting the existing file and starting over.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Michael:

The files are not lost; they are renamed. The 'syslog' is renamed 'OLDsyslog' and the 'sulog' renamed 'OLDsulog'.

The rationale is to keep the files manageable size. Too, since the dates recorded in each file do *not* include a year value, it is cleaner to handle them this way.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Patrick Wallek]

You would have to modify the /sbin/init.d/syslogd script so that it will not do the 'mv /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log /var/adm/syslog/OLDsyslog.log'

The cleanup of sulog is controlled by /sbin/init.d/clean_adm. This script also cleans diaglog and messages if they exist.

If you want to stop this completely modify /etc/rc.config.d/clean and set CLEAN_ADM=0

[Michael Piechowski]

Gentlemen...

thanks for the assist - this is exactly what I needed (especially today) !