On 03 August 2005 12:11, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Wednesday 03 August 2005 12:54, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > from /etc/logrotate.conf: > > > > ----- > > # no packages own lastlog or wtmp -- we'll rotate them here > > /var/log/wtmp { > > monthly > > create 0664 root utmp > > rotate 1 > > } > > ----- > > > > It states it rotates lastlog (/var/log/lastlog) but it doesn't and my > > lastlog grows forever. Doesn't seem right. Anybody else seeing the > > same or have I messed up? > > Probably missing something (I don't use logrotate), but seems to me that > the above fragment only deals with /var/log/wtmp. To > have /var/log/lastlog rotated, add another section for it.
Are you sure you aren't using it? Have you looked into /etc/cron.daily? Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list