Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 18:00:52 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: "admin" <admin2@enabled.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie: newsyslog ssl_engine_log rotation Message-ID: <p05210605badc8dca395a@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20030505201718.M79790@enabled.com> References: <20030505175009.M97941@enabled.com> <p05210604badc773ff0b6@[128.113.24.47]> <20030505201718.M79790@enabled.com>
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At 12:17 PM -0800 5/5/03, admin wrote:
>On Mon, 5 May 2003, Garance A Drosihn wrote
> > At 9:51 AM -0800 5/5/03, admin wrote:
> > >here is the /etc/newsyslog.conf entry
>> >
>> >--- snip ---
>> >
>> >/var/log/ssl_engine_log 640 10 @T00 * Z
>> >/var/run/httpd.pid 30
>> >
> > >--- snip ---
>
>
>
>newsyslog claims its skipping the file. can you explain
>why this behavior is happening?
>
>
>--- snip ---
>
>typhoon# newsyslog -nv | grep ssl
>/var/log/ssl_engine_log <10Z>: --> skipping
>
>--- snip ---
Okay, I think I see what is happening. But if I'm right, then I
need to change newsyslog to be a bit more helpful with error msgs.
The fields in newsyslog.conf are:
# logfilename [owner:group] mode count size when flags ...
So, your entry is asking for
mode 640
count 10
size @T00 <- oops
when *
I think you want to switch the @T00 and * fields. Once you do,
it will only be rotated for the midnight-run of newsyslog, so
the 'newsyslog -nv' will still do nothing. But it should at
least have a better summary-message, and newsyslog should do
the right thing when it is run at midnight.
--
Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu
Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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