On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 12:27 AM, <bytevolc...@safe-mail.net> wrote: > Is there any harm or issue with setting the log location > of cron logs to /var/log/cron instead, or is it best to leave it > in /var/cron/log?
I've moved cron logs to /var/log/cron on some of my own systems, and while cron does work just fine, there are a bunch of changes you need to make: 0. wait until no cron jobs are running or starting soon, that keeps this procedure simple. 1. move the cron log(s): # cd /var/cron # mv log /var/log/cron # mv log.0.gz /var/log/cron.0.gz (continue with log.1.gz, etc. as desired) 2. edit /etc/syslog.conf, changing /var/cron/log to /var/log/cron 3. edit /etc/newsyslog.conf, changing /var/cron/log to /var/log/cron 4. edit /etc/mtree/special, moving the 'log' entry from the /var/cron section to the /var/log section (and renaming from log to cron) Without #4 you will get spurious warnings from security(8) when it can't find cron logs where it expects them. -ken
