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I picked up the reply from the list archive. On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:15:19 +0200 Jari Fredriksson wrote: > 30.10.2009 22:56, P K kirjoitti: > > Hi, > > > > Kindly CC me when replying, I am not subscribed. Thanks. Now: > > > > I am using Debian/Sid (sidux actually) on a i686 machine. Over the > > past few months, I have seen various logs being logged to the wrong > > files, ie, they are being logged to the xyzlog.1 file instead of the > > xyzlog files. For example, consider the datestamps & sizes of the > > following files (obtained using [1], output edited): > > > > Modification Change Size Filename > > 2009-10-30 14:59:14 2009-10-30 14:59:14 0 auth.log > > 2009-10-30 16:43:18 2009-10-30 16:43:18 4901 auth.log.1 > > > > As you can see from the size and timestamps: > > 1. logs for auth, daemon, kern, syslog are sent to the wrong file (*.1) > > 2. logs for dpkg, kdm, mail, user seems to be OK. > > Does anyone know what may be causing such a behavior? I can provide > > further information, as needed. > > This is just a wild guess, but it seems that your logger is keeping the > files open, and it was not restarted when the logrotate named the logs > again. Seems that the logger had auth.log open, and Linux just keeps > writing to that file (INODE) no matter if the name was changed. > Thanks for the reply. So, I assume this is not a common problem. Any ways to fix / or further investigate this? Thanks, -- Regards PK -------------------------------------- http://counter.li.org #402424 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org