I've deleted a log file to save space and...

ganninu · 11-04-2003, 03:09 AM

I've deleted a log file to save space but now I'm not capturing logs from the cisco server. Is it a normal thing when one deletes a log file? (I've deleted it from /var/log/cisco.log)

ganninu · 11-04-2003, 03:57 AM

.... In fact I had to reboot the computer for the logs to be captured again... I think I have to use logrotate to limit the size of the log files.

lyx0m · 11-04-2003, 11:21 AM

you could have done also instead of rebooting your computer do a: touch /var/log/cisco.log

lyx0m

Blinker_Fluid · 11-04-2003, 12:03 PM

next time 'cat /dev/null > /var/log/cisco.log' instead of rm...
Some logs will recreate themselves and others won't.