> Check the size of mail and news directory under /var
>
> drw------- 3 root root 5042176 Sep 26 15:25 news/
> drw------- 2 root root 8466432 Sep 27 10:05 mail/
>
> If I run "lsattr -R /var/log/news"
>
> this is part of the infinitely long output of the above commands!! I think
> something is majorly conked in this directory!!! any ideas how to fix
> this??
>
> --------
> /var/log/news/news.err.1.gz.1.gz.4.gz.1.gz.2.gz.1.gz.1.gz.1.gz.3.gz.1
> -------- /var/log/news/news.err.1.gz.1.gz.4.gz.1.gz.2.gz.1.gz.4.gz.2.gz
> -------- /var/log/news/news.err.1.gz.1.gz.4.gz.1.gz.2.gz.5.gz.2.gz
[snip]
The problem (which everyone should fix in 7.1) is in the file
/etc/logrotate.d/syslog
The line that says /var/log/mail/* and /var/log/news/* causes the .gz
files to once again be rotated as well. Change the script to specify
only the files that are to be rotated. Should be (copy/paste) ...
/var/log/mail/mail.err {
rotate 5
weekly
postrotate
/usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
endscript
}
/var/log/mail/mail.info {
rotate 5
weekly
postrotate
/usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
endscript
}
/var/log/mail/mail.warn {
rotate 5
weekly
postrotate
/usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
endscript
}
/var/log/news/news.crit {
rotate 5
weekly
postrotate
/usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
endscript
}
/var/log/news/news.err {
rotate 5
weekly
postrotate
/usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
endscript
}
Thanks... Dan.
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