Does logwatch run automatically? How can I reset logwatch?

abefroman · 06-16-2009, 04:46 PM

Does logwatch run automatically, or do I need to make a cron entry for it?

How can I reset logwatch? When I run logwatch from the command line twice, it sends the same email twice.

TIA!

billymayday · 06-16-2009, 04:57 PM

By default, logwatch runs though yesderday's logs, as per the seting in the main logwatch.conf (on CentOS it's in /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf), and you can change the setting to "today, "yeaterday" or "all".

You don't reset it per se.

abefroman · 06-16-2009, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billymayday

By default, logwatch runs though yesderday's logs, as per the seting in the main logwatch.conf (on CentOS it's in /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf), and you can change the setting to "today, "yeaterday" or "all".

You don't reset it per se.

Thanks! I see that.

And I see that 0logwatch is in cron.daily/, at what time will that run?

TIA!

chrism01 · 06-17-2009, 01:30 AM

Try /etc/crontab

billymayday · 06-17-2009, 02:17 AM

Mine runs at 4.02am, but note from my previous response that it works on a day, not the previous 24hr period. See for example:

Code:

 ################### Logwatch 7.3 (03/24/06) #################### 
        Processing Initiated: Wed Jun 17 04:02:03 2009
        Date Range Processed: yesterday
                              ( 2009-Jun-16 )
                              Period is day.