John Myers wrote: >On Saturday 17 September 2005 20:11, C. Beamer wrote: > > >> >>Is there a default length of time before logrotate will rotate the log >>files? >> >> >check in /etc/logrotate.conf. I believe the default is weekly. Also, if your >system is not run continuously, you may want to look into anacron, as >logrotate is run as a daily cron job > > Actally, I think the problem was that I didn't have a logrotate.conf file. I copied the one from /usr/portage/app-admin/logrotate/files/ and put it in my /etc directory.
> >For future reference, it is generally best to send separate messages to the >list for separate topics. i.e. one message for logrotate, and one message for >the service viewer. Makes it easier for potential responders to find >interesting questions, and for people searching for answers to find them. > > Sorry! :-( I'll remember this in future. Thanks! :-) Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. (Thanks to Neil Bothwick, too! :-) ) Gentoo is terrific, but a bit of a learning curve when you come from a distro that does all the configuration for you. However, I aspire to be a "geek" like Holly (and that's meant as a sincere compliment, although I'll never be that good, but one can dream!), so I'm determined to learn this stuff. Once I've done it once, I'll know for the next time. Take care, Colleen > > >>Also, does Gentoo have an equivalent to ntsysv where you can set >>services to stop and start? I assume that when you issue the command >>rc-update add <program name> default that this essentially is telling >>some service to start at boot time. >> >> >Correct. > > > >>However, if there is something like >>ntsysv available where you can see the services that are running, I >>would appreciate being told what it is. >> >> >as "Daevid Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > rc-update show >also > rc-status > > -- [email protected] mailing list
