%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy: bdubbs $ $Date: 2014-06-15 13:40:02 -0500 (Sun, 15 Jun 2014) $ logrotate The logrotate package allows automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log files. &lfs75_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &logrotate-md5sum; Download size: &logrotate-size; Estimated disk space required: &logrotate-buildsize; Estimated build time: &logrotate-time; Logrotate Dependencies Required Recommended (runtime) Optional An (runtime) User Notes: Install logrotate by running the following command: make To test the results, issue: make test. Now, as the root user: make MANDIR=/usr/share/man install MANDIR=/usr/share/man: Ensure the man pages are installed in the correct location. Logrotate needs a configuration file, which must be passed as an argument to the command when executed. Create the file as the root user: cat > /etc/logrotate.conf << EOF # Begin of /etc/logrotate.conf # Rotate log files weekly weekly # Don't send mail to anybody nomail # If the log file is empty, it will not be rotated notifempty # Number of backups that will be kept # This will keep the 2 newest backups only rotate 2 # Create new empty files after rotating old ones # This will create empty log files, with owner # set to root, group set to sys, and permissions 644 create 0664 root sys # Compress the backups with gzip compress # No packages own lastlog or wtmp -- rotate them here /var/log/wtmp { monthly create 0664 root utmp rotate 1 } /var/log/lastlog { monthly rotate 1 } # Some packages drop log rotation info in this directory # so we include any file in it. include /etc/logrotate.d # End of /etc/logrotate.conf EOF Now create the /etc/logrotate.d directory as the root user: mkdir -p /etc/logrotate.d At this point additional log rotation commands can be entered, typically in the /etc/logrotate.d directory. For example: cat > /etc/logrotate.d/sys.log << EOF sys.log { # If the log file is larger than 100kb, rotate it size 100k rotate 5 weekly postrotate /bin/killall -HUP syslogd endscript } EOF See the logrotate man page or for more examples. The command logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf can be run manually, however, the command should be run daily. To set up to run at 3AM daily, root's crontab should be edited to add: 0 3 * * * /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories logrotate None None Short Descriptions logrotate performs the log maintenace functions defined in the configuration files. logrotate