logrotation
 

Hi,

Here is an entry in my logrotate.conf file:

# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d

I put five different scripts into /etc/logrotate.d/syslog. Now I am wondering if I have to add an entry into my logrotate.conf file like the one below (3rd line down) for this to work:

# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
include /etc/logrotate.d/syslog

In /etc/logrotate.d/syslog by default there was this entry below:

/var/log/messages /var/log/secure /var/log/maillog /var/log/spooler /var/log/boot.log /var/log/cron {
sharedscripts
postrotate
/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
endscript
}

The log files mentioned above are rotating properly without an entry in logrotate.conf (inlcude /etc/logrotate.d/syslog). I'm just not sure if i'm not seeing any rotation yet because the 5 logfiles i created are set for monthly rotation. That makes sense to me but confirmation would be nice. Would it be easier to put the 5 scripts i created right into logrotate.conf? Below is one of my scripts.

/var/log/syslog {
monthly
rotate 12
postrotate
/usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
endscript
}

Also, are there specific permissions which i might have to set on /etc/logrotate.d/syslog?

Thanks,

Well, you can see the "include" statement which makes logrotate read /etc/logrotate.d/syslog, which in essence extends the main .conf file. You can put your scripts in syslog if you want, or put them in the main conf file. The syslog is just a way to seperate the configuration of the system logs.

What I've done is put the scripts in /etc/logrotate.d. Now I have /etc/logrotate.d/syslog as well as /etc/logrotate.d/script 1......script 5 for a total of 6 scripts in /etc/logrotate.d. I assume this should also work because of the "include" statement in logrotate.conf. I've taken out the statement /etc/logrotate.d/syslog since I moved my scripts out of this location.

That will work fine, but it does create an unecessary amount of files, why not just type your scripts directly into one of the conf files?