Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:55:50 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: Panagiotis Christias <christias@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wildcard syntax in newsyslog.conf Message-ID: <41B9C706.4070003@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <e4b0ecef0412100642749559ee@mail.gmail.com> References: <41B9ACC3.7020106@trini0.org> <e4b0ecef0412100642749559ee@mail.gmail.com>
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Panagiotis Christias wrote: >On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:03:47 -0500, Gerard Samuel ><fbsd-questions@trini0.org> wrote: > > >>Is it possible to use wildcards in newsyslog.conf? >>For example, my current apache setup, I have a few virtual hosts >>logging into their own file. >>And instead of specifying each file in newsyslog.conf, Im trying -> >>/var/log/httpd-*.log root:wheel 640 1 * @T00 B >>/var/run/httpd.run >> >>It doesn't seem to work. So Im double checking with the list to >>see if what Im trying to do is possible (but Im going about it the wrong >>way). >> >> > >It should work. I have a similar entry in my newsyslog.conf: > >/var/log/apache/*-access_log 664 1 * @01T00 G >/var/run/httpd.pid >/var/log/apache/*-error_log 664 1 * @01T00 G >/var/run/httpd.pid > >Try running newsyslog manually using the "-v" and "-n" options. > > Here is what I got by running newsyslog manually -> hivemind# newsyslog -vn --snip-- /var/log/httpd-*.log <1>: does not exist, skipped. Even though, the files do exist -> hivemind# ls -al /var/log/httpd-*.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7052038 Dec 10 10:43 /var/log/httpd-access.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 212 Dec 9 20:07 /var/log/httpd-cvs_error.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 90363 Dec 9 15:25 /var/log/httpd-error.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 208 Dec 10 01:26 /var/log/httpd-test1_error.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2332 Dec 9 15:28 /var/log/httpd-www_error.log Im currently running FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p1, if that means anything. Any other ideas??? Thanks
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