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Re: Log files management
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Taylor)
Fri Nov 13 03:03:11 1998
From: Bob Taylor <brtaylor@inreach.com>
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 13 Nov 1998 10:18:12 +0500."
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:52:12 -0800
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In message <3.0.2.32.19981113101812.0069badc@rhino.cyber.net.pk>, Azfar Kazmi w
rites:
> 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!!
You want logrotate. It should be on 4.2 CD (IIRC). It takes care of wtmp
also.
Bob
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