restarting logrotate.d
 

Hi,

I've added an entry into /etc/logrotate.d/syslog and am wondering if i have to restart logrotate.d or any daemons (syslog?) for the log rotation to take effect? If i do have to restart logrotate.d what is the syntax? My entry is below. Do I need to add any addtional scripts anywhere else? It's a redhat 7.2 server. Thanks.


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

Log rotation is done from inside the cron daemon, so you don't need to do any more. It will read your changes when the commands are activated.

The cron files are in /etc/crond.~ directories...