LC Bruzenak wrote: > If I do a "service auditd rotate" it just sends the auditd the USR1 > signal which means "start the rotation". > > On a slow/burdened machine with many files this is not immediate. > > I am trying to run a cron job which will : > > mkdir /var/log/audit-archive/ > service auditd rotate > mv /var/log/audit/audit.log.* /var/log/audit-archive/ > > But the files listed are not through rotating so it has issues (file not > found, leaves behind the last one rotated - audit.log.1, etc.). > > How can I tell when the rotate is complete so I can move the files out? > I'm sure there is a simple way but I cannot see it.
Set an inotify watch on the *directory*, you'll be able to see when the files are renamed and created. The package inotify-tools may be of help, there are also inotify python bindings. If neither of those work for you I can send C you code which will perform the inotify watch. -- John Dennis <[email protected]> Looking to carve out IT costs? www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/ -- Linux-audit mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit
