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Re: Log files management
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hossein S. Zadeh)
Fri Nov 13 01:55:33 1998
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:55:04 +1100 (EST)
From: "Hossein S. Zadeh" <hossein@bf.rmit.edu.au>
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On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Azfar Kazmi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How to properly and safely manage log files in RH 4.2? Files like messages,
> cron, secure, wtmp, etc. grow rapidly. I assume that I should not just
> clear them up manually [forcefully.] Am I right? How can I keep them to a
> particular size?
>
> Also, wtmp is an exception. Since its not a text file therefore there must
> be a way to keep it small!!
Try logrotate to, obviousely, rotate the logs :-)
Try logwatch and/or logcheck to have a summary of what's happening emailed
to you. Very neat.
cheers,
Hossein
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