I tried this on newbie a while ago and got no joy, my /var/log/messages and
/var/log/syslog fill up and I have to delete the entries by hand (if I try
logrotate -f /var/log/messages I get a terminal full of "error:
/var/log/messages:58823 unknown option 'Dec' -- ignoring line
error: /var/log/messages:58823 unexpected text"
cron and anacron are installed (PC not on 24hrs) so any suggestions would be
gratefully received.
If it helps -
/etc/cron.d is an empty directory
/etc/cron.daily contains 0anacron,
logrotate,makewhatis.cron,msec,rpm,tetex.cron (scripts) and tmpwatch (file)
/etc/cron.hourly only contains msec script
/etc/cron.monthly only contains 0anacron
/etc/cron.weekly contains 0anacron, makewhatis.cron, makewhatis-en.cron and
slocate.cron scripts
/etc/logrotate.d contains cron, linuxconf,msec,rpm,sudo,syslog,urpmi,xdm -
text files
/etc/logrotate.conf is below (blank lines deleted here for brevity)
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
compress
# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
# no packages own lastlog or wtmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
monthly
create 0664 root utmp
rotate 1
}
/var/log/lastlog {
monthly
rotate 1
}
# system-specific logs may be configured here
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