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# /usr/sbin/logrotate -v -f /etc/logrotate.conf
reading config file /etc/logrotate.conf
including /etc/logrotate.d
reading config file apache2
reading config info for /var/log/apache2/*.log
reading config file aptitude
reading config info for /var/log/aptitude
reading config file dpkg
reading config info for /var/log/dpkg.log
reading config file hibernate
reading config info for /var/log/hibernate.log
reading config file ipw3945d
reading config info for /var/log/ipw3945d/ipw3945d.log
reading config file lvm-common
reading config info for /var/log/lvm
reading config file mgetty
reading config info for /var/log/mgetty/*.log
reading config file mysql-server
reading config info for /var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
reading config file mythfrontend
reading config info for /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log
reading config file mythtv-backend
reading config info for /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
reading config file pause_commflag
reading config info for /var/log/mythtv/pause_commflag.log
reading config file ppp
reading config info for /var/log/ppp-connect-errors
reading config file samba
reading config info for /var/log/samba/log.smbd
reading config info for /var/log/samba/log.nmbd
reading config file wpa_action
reading config info for /var/log/wpa_action.log /var/log/wpa_action.*.log
reading config file wpa_supplicant
reading config info for /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log /var/log/wpa_supplicant.*.log
reading config info for /var/log/wtmp
reading config info for /var/log/btmp

Handling 18 logs

rotating pattern: /var/log/apache2/*.log forced from command line (52 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/apache2/access.log
log does not need rotating
considering log /var/log/apache2/error.log
log needs rotating
rotating log /var/log/apache2/error.log, log->rotateCount is 52
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.52.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.53.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 52),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.52.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.51.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.52.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 51),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.51.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.50.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.51.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 50),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.50.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.49.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.50.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 49),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.49.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.48.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.49.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 48),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.48.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.47.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.48.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 47),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.47.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.46.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.47.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 46),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.46.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.45.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.46.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 45),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.45.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.44.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.45.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 44),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.44.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.43.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.44.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 43),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.43.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.42.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.43.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 42),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.42.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.41.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.42.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 41),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.41.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.40.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.41.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 40),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.40.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.39.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.40.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 39),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.39.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.38.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.39.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 38),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.38.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.37.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.38.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 37),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.37.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.36.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.37.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 36),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.36.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.35.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.36.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 35),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.35.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.34.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.35.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 34),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.34.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.33.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.34.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 33),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.33.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.32.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.33.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 32),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.32.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.31.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.32.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 31),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.31.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.30.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.31.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 30),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.30.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.29.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.30.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 29),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.29.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.28.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.29.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 28),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.28.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.27.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.28.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 27),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.27.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.26.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.27.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 26),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.26.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.25.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.26.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 25),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.25.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.24.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.25.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 24),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.24.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.23.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.24.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 23),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.23.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.22.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.23.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 22),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.22.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.21.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.22.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 21),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.21.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.20.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.21.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 20),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.20.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.19.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.20.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 19),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.19.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.18.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.19.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 18),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.18.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.17.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.18.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 17),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.17.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.16.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.17.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 16),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.16.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.15.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.16.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 15),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.15.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.14.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.15.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 14),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.14.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.13.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.14.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 13),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.13.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.12.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.13.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 12),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.12.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.11.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.12.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 11),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.11.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.10.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.11.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 10),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.10.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.9.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.10.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 9),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.9.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.8.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.9.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 8),
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.7.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.8.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 7),
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.6.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.7.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 6),
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.5.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.6.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 5),
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.4.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.5.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 4),
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.3.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.4.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 3),
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.2.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.3.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 2),
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.1.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.2.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log.0.gz to /var/log/apache2/error.log.1.gz (rotatecount 52, logstart 1, i 0),
old log /var/log/apache2/error.log.0.gz does not exist
log /var/log/apache2/error.log.53.gz doesn't exist -- won't try to dispose of it
renaming /var/log/apache2/error.log to /var/log/apache2/error.log.1
creating new log mode = 0640 uid = 0 gid = 4
running shared postrotate script

rotating pattern: /var/log/aptitude forced from command line (6 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/aptitude
log /var/log/aptitude does not exist -- skipping

rotating pattern: /var/log/dpkg.log forced from command line (12 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/dpkg.log
log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/hibernate.log forced from command line (5 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/hibernate.log
log /var/log/hibernate.log does not exist -- skipping

rotating pattern: /var/log/ipw3945d/ipw3945d.log forced from command line (6 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/ipw3945d/ipw3945d.log
error: stat of /var/log/ipw3945d/ipw3945d.log failed: No such file or directory

rotating pattern: /var/log/lvm forced from command line (1 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/lvm
log /var/log/lvm does not exist -- skipping

rotating pattern: /var/log/mgetty/*.log forced from command line (7 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/mgetty/*.log
log /var/log/mgetty/*.log does not exist -- skipping

rotating pattern: /var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log forced from command line (7 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/mysql.log
log needs rotating
considering log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log
log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log does not exist -- skipping
considering log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log does not exist -- skipping
rotating log /var/log/mysql.log, log->rotateCount is 7
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.7.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.8.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 7),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.6.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.7.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 6),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.5.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.6.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 5),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.4.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.5.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 4),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.3.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.4.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 3),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.2.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.3.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 2),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.1.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.2.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.0.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.1.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 0),
old log /var/log/mysql.log.0.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/mysql.log to /var/log/mysql.log.1
creating new log mode = 0640 uid = 101 gid = 4
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /var/log/mysql.log.8.gz
running shared postrotate script

rotating pattern: /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log forced from command line (7 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log
log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log forced from command line (7 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
log needs rotating
rotating log /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log, log->rotateCount is 7
renaming /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.7 to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.8 (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 7),
old log /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.7 does not exist
renaming /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.6 to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.7 (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 6),
old log /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.6 does not exist
renaming /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.5 to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.6 (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 5),
old log /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.5 does not exist
renaming /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.4 to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.5 (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 4),
old log /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.4 does not exist
renaming /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.3 to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.4 (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 3),
renaming /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.2 to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.3 (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 2),
renaming /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.1 to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.2 (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.0 to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.1 (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 0),
old log /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.0 does not exist
log /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.8 doesn't exist -- won't try to dispose of it
copying /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.1
truncating /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log

rotating pattern: /var/log/mythtv/pause_commflag.log forced from command line (7 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/mythtv/pause_commflag.log
error: stat of /var/log/mythtv/pause_commflag.log failed: No such file or directory

rotating pattern: /var/log/ppp-connect-errors forced from command line (4 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/ppp-connect-errors
log /var/log/ppp-connect-errors does not exist -- skipping

rotating pattern: /var/log/samba/log.smbd forced from command line (7 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/samba/log.smbd
log needs rotating
rotating log /var/log/samba/log.smbd, log->rotateCount is 7
renaming /var/log/samba/log.smbd.7.gz to /var/log/samba/log.smbd.8.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 7),
renaming /var/log/samba/log.smbd.6.gz to /var/log/samba/log.smbd.7.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 6),
renaming /var/log/samba/log.smbd.5.gz to /var/log/samba/log.smbd.6.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 5),
renaming /var/log/samba/log.smbd.4.gz to /var/log/samba/log.smbd.5.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 4),
renaming /var/log/samba/log.smbd.3.gz to /var/log/samba/log.smbd.4.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 3),
renaming /var/log/samba/log.smbd.2.gz to /var/log/samba/log.smbd.3.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 2),
renaming /var/log/samba/log.smbd.1.gz to /var/log/samba/log.smbd.2.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /var/log/samba/log.smbd.0.gz to /var/log/samba/log.smbd.1.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 0),
old log /var/log/samba/log.smbd.0.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/samba/log.smbd to /var/log/samba/log.smbd.1
creating new log mode = 0644 uid = 0 gid = 0
running postrotate script
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /var/log/samba/log.smbd.8.gz

rotating pattern: /var/log/samba/log.nmbd forced from command line (7 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/samba/log.nmbd
log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/wpa_action.log /var/log/wpa_action.*.log forced from command line (5 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/wpa_action.log
log /var/log/wpa_action.log does not exist -- skipping
considering log /var/log/wpa_action.*.log
log /var/log/wpa_action.*.log does not exist -- skipping

rotating pattern: /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log /var/log/wpa_supplicant.*.log forced from command line (5 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log
log /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log does not exist -- skipping
considering log /var/log/wpa_supplicant.*.log
log /var/log/wpa_supplicant.*.log does not exist -- skipping

rotating pattern: /var/log/wtmp forced from command line (1 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/wtmp
log needs rotating
rotating log /var/log/wtmp, log->rotateCount is 1
renaming /var/log/wtmp.1 to /var/log/wtmp.2 (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /var/log/wtmp.0 to /var/log/wtmp.1 (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
old log /var/log/wtmp.0 does not exist
renaming /var/log/wtmp to /var/log/wtmp.1
creating new log mode = 0664 uid = 0 gid = 43
removing old log /var/log/wtmp.2

rotating pattern: /var/log/btmp forced from command line (1 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/btmp
log needs rotating
rotating log /var/log/btmp, log->rotateCount is 1
renaming /var/log/btmp.1 to /var/log/btmp.2 (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /var/log/btmp.0 to /var/log/btmp.1 (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
old log /var/log/btmp.0 does not exist
renaming /var/log/btmp to /var/log/btmp.1
creating new log mode = 0664 uid = 0 gid = 43
removing old log /var/log/btmp.2

Author:	opel70 [ Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:43 pm ]
Post subject:	Logrotate and R5.5?
Hello, After upgrading to R5.5, it looks like my daily logrotate process is not working. I did delete the extra hibernate script again, but it still doesn't seem to rotate any of the Myth logs. Any ideas?

Author:	alien [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:19 am ]
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Try running "logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.conf" and see what the debug msgs say. Cheers, Allen

Author:	ceenvee703 [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:25 am ]
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My logs aren't rotating either. Code: root@mbe:/home/ceenvee703# logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.conf reading config file /etc/logrotate.conf including /etc/logrotate.d reading config file apache2 reading config info for /var/log/apache2/*.log reading config file aptitude reading config info for /var/log/aptitude reading config file dpkg reading config info for /var/log/dpkg.log reading config file hibernate reading config info for /var/log/hibernate.log reading config file hibernate-script error: hibernate-script:1 duplicate log entry for /var/log/hibernate.log

Author:	alien [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:26 am ]
Post subject:
Delete /etc/logrotate.d/hibernate-script Cheers, Allen

Author:	tjc [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:22 am ]
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That looks like one for the patcher/hints...

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Author:	opel70 [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:39 am ]
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Yeah, I remembered that tip from the past. However, even after deleting that script, the logrotate dosn't appear to be happening.

Author:	tjc [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:44 pm ]
Post subject:
What does the verbose output like ceenvee703's example look like?

Author:	opel70 [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:06 pm ]
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Guess my problems now are related to my ongoing saga of my file system switching to RO ever since installing R5.5.

Author:	TVBox [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:52 am ]
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Is there a rule of thumb pertaining to how large a log file can get before the size of the log file starts causing problems? The alert goes on for me at 1 meg. This is all anecdotal but large log files seem to produce non responding delays that go away when the log is deleted. I have run Human's patcher script which deleted the etc/logrotate.d/hibernate-script. When I run logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.conf I get logical answers but it doesn't seem to address the files I have listed below. kern.log 9mb 8/16/2008 to 9/20/2008 Messages 8mb 8/16/2008 to 9/20/2008 syslog 10mb 8/16/2008 to 9/20/2008 auth.log 1mb 7/22/2008 to 9/20/2008 debug 1mb 7/22/2008 to 9/20/2008 What rotates these files? All of them are over a month old. Any opinions. TVBox

Author:	tjc [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:37 am ]
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Those should be getting rotated unless something else is wrong. The biggest log files I have at the moment are just under ~0.7M. As root try the following and report any errors: Code: /usr/sbin/logrotate -v -f /etc/logrotate.conf Also make sure that your /etc/logrotate.d looks more or less like this, and report any extras or missing files: Code: root@black2:/etc# ls -l /etc/logrotate.d total 60 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 Oct 8 2006 apache2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79 Oct 27 2006 aptitude -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 111 Oct 13 2006 dpkg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94 Mar 31 03:48 hibernate -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59 Nov 22 2006 ipw3945d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79 Feb 16 2005 lvm-common -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112 Mar 28 07:20 mgetty -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 869 Oct 29 2006 mysql-server -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113 Jan 27 2007 mythfrontend -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 Oct 17 2006 mythtv-backend -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127 Sep 2 2007 pause_commflag -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94 Dec 19 2006 ppp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 330 Oct 21 2006 samba -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106 Jun 9 09:27 wpa_action -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 114 Jun 9 09:27 wpa_supplicant

Author:	TVBox [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:57 pm ]
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tjc Question 1 /usr/sbin/logrotate -v -f /etc/logrotate.conf Reports no errors tjc Question 2 /etc/logrotate.d Looks like your post but contains -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84 Jun 8 07:28 apt according to the /var/lib/logrotate/status file this belongs there. I see no indication that logrotate has anything to do with the files below, kern.log 9mb 8/16/2008 to 9/20/2008 Messages 8mb 8/16/2008 to 9/20/2008 syslog 10mb 8/16/2008 to 9/20/2008 auth.log 1mb 7/22/2008 to 9/20/2008 debug 1mb 7/22/2008 to 9/20/2008 do they need to be manually added? The /etc/logrotate.conf file has this statement in it, # system-specific logs may be configured here which has no entries under it. What runs /usr/sbin/logrotate I have no cron job entries that run it and the only time it has been running is when I manually run it. TVBox

Author:	tjc [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:45 pm ]
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TVBox wrote: I see no indication that logrotate has anything to do with the files below, kern.log 9mb 8/16/2008 to 9/20/2008 Messages 8mb 8/16/2008 to 9/20/2008 syslog 10mb 8/16/2008 to 9/20/2008 auth.log 1mb 7/22/2008 to 9/20/2008 debug 1mb 7/22/2008 to 9/20/2008 My config files don't mention them explicitly either but they sure seem to be getting rotated. e.g.: Code: root@black2:/var/log# ls -altr auth.log* -rw-r----- 1 root adm 42260 Aug 24 06:47 auth.log.3.gz -rw-r----- 1 root adm 41704 Aug 31 06:47 auth.log.2.gz -rw-r----- 1 root adm 42150 Sep 7 06:47 auth.log.1.gz -rw-r----- 1 root adm 684926 Sep 14 06:47 auth.log.0 -rw-r----- 1 root adm 630883 Sep 20 17:40 auth.log That looks like a pretty normal rotation pattern to me, with numbered files and everything after the first old one compressed. TVBox wrote: What runs /usr/sbin/logrotate I have no cron job entries that run it and the only time it has been running is when I manually run it. It's run out of /etc/cron.daily Code: root@black2:~# ls -al /etc/cron.daily/logrotate -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89 Apr 8 2006 /etc/cron.daily/logrotate root@black2:~# cat /etc/cron.daily/logrotate #!/bin/sh test -x /usr/sbin/logrotate \|\| exit 0 /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf

Author:	tjc [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:55 pm ]
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That sounds like a pretty good guess, and anacron is probably the right tool for systems which don't have predictable up times. Anything else you used would essentially have to solve the same problems as it does.

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