syslog.log

[Omar Alvi]

Hi,

I wanted to know how for how long does a system keep messages in syslog.log before moving them to OLDsyslog.log? Like rc.log is for each reboot.

Can the syslog.log file be customised for example to keep messages for a week before moving them?

Regards,

-Alvi

[Umapathy S]

Alvi,
The contents of syslog.log will me moved to OLDsyslog.log whenever the syslogd is restarted.

I dont think the syslog.log itself can be customized to keep messages. You can either do it manually or write a cron job to do the same once in a week.

HTH,
Umapathy

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Alvi,

yes, normaly after every reboot. There are some tools you can use to rotate syslog, check next question for more info.

http://bizforums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/0,,0x2962c1c4ceddd61190050090279cd0f9,00.html

Hope it helps,

Robert-Jan.

[Omar Alvi]

Thanks for the replies.

So syslog.log starts at every execution of syslogd.

But then whats the utility of syslog.conf? How can we use this file ... and what are the fields shown?

Regards,

-Alvi

[Umapathy S]

Alvi,
man syslogd explains the configuration very much clearly.

If there is any more doubt, please revert back.

HTH,
Umapathy

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Alvi,

Take a look at man page of syslogd

syslogd reads and logs messages into a set of files described by the configuration file /etc/syslog.conf.

http://www.pcs-computing.com/support/syslog_config.html

Hope it helps,

Robert-Jan.

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