log files

[Fadia Almarei]

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

[Fred Ruffet · Accepted solution]

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

[Fadia Almarei]

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

[Fadia Almarei]

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

[Fred Ruffet]

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

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