Newsyslog.conf - Revision history

Jimbo: Reverted edits by 195.218.140.201 (Talk); changed back to last version by Baraboom

2007-05-05T18:31:01Z

Reverted edits by 195.218.140.201 (Talk); changed back to last version by Baraboom

Baraboom at 23:45, 15 October 2005

2005-10-15T23:45:29Z

Baraboom at 23:45, 15 October 2005

2005-10-15T23:45:09Z

Jimbo at 18:46, 7 November 2004

2004-11-07T18:46:07Z

Jimbo at 16:58, 19 October 2004

2004-10-19T16:58:16Z

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Controls behavior of [[newsyslog]], the utility which periodically (in most systems, once per hour) reviews all logs mentioned in this file and archives / rotates / trims those logs in accordance with specifications contained within. See '''man newsyslog''' for lots of detailed info on setting this up.

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   /path/to/some.log root:wheel 600 3 * $D0 JB /var/run/httpd.pid 30
-This line will rotate the log, maintain the privileges, keep 3 old rotations, rotate daily at midnight, treat the log as a binary file, compress it with bzip2 and restart apache with signal 30.
+This line will rotate the log, maintain the privileges, keep 3 old rotations, rotate daily at midnight, treat the log as a binary file, compress it with bzip2 and restart apache with signal 30. There are obviously a lot of options you can change to suit your needs but the 'B' flag and the '30' signal are recommended for apache logs.
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 There are obviously a lot of options you can change to suit your needs but the 'B' flag and the '30' signal are recommended for apache logs.
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	Controls behavior of [[newsyslog]], the utility which periodically (in most systems, once per hour) reviews all logs mentioned in this file and archives / rotates / trims those logs in accordance with specifications contained within. See '''man newsyslog''' for lots of detailed info on setting this up.		Controls behavior of [[newsyslog]], the utility which periodically (in most systems, once per hour) reviews all logs mentioned in this file and archives / rotates / trims those logs in accordance with specifications contained within. See '''man newsyslog''' for lots of detailed info on setting this up.
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		+	==Rotating Apache Logs==
		+	/path/to/some.log root:wheel 600 3 * $D0 JB /var/run/httpd.pid 30
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		+	This line will rotate the log, maintain the privileges, keep 3 old rotations, rotate daily at midnight, treat the log as a binary file, compress it with bzip2 and restart apache with signal 30.
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		+	There are obviously a lot of options you can change to suit your needs but the 'B' flag and the '30' signal are recommended for apache logs.

	[[Category:Important Config Files]]		[[Category:Important Config Files]]

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		+	(Usually located at '''/etc/newsyslog.conf''')
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	Controls behavior of [[newsyslog]], the utility which periodically (in most systems, once per hour) reviews all logs mentioned in this file and archives / rotates / trims those logs in accordance with specifications contained within. See '''man newsyslog''' for lots of detailed info on setting this up.		Controls behavior of [[newsyslog]], the utility which periodically (in most systems, once per hour) reviews all logs mentioned in this file and archives / rotates / trims those logs in accordance with specifications contained within. See '''man newsyslog''' for lots of detailed info on setting this up.

	[[Category:Important Config Files]]		[[Category:Important Config Files]]