What does your /etc/logrotate.conf look like? One option for logrotate is to only rotate if the logs have reached a certain size.
-Jon On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Anna <ascho...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:50 PM, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> Things to check: >> >> - is crond running? (it isn't present by default on OLPC OS) >> > > [root@schoolserver] ~ >systemctl status crond.service > crond.service - Command Scheduler > Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/crond.service; enabled) > Active: active (running) since Wed 2013-09-11 00:20:49 GMT; 1 weeks 1 > days ago > Main PID: 513 (crond) > CGroup: name=systemd:/system/crond.service > └─513 /usr/sbin/crond -n > > Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is > incomplete or unavailable. > > >> >> - is logrotate installed? >> > > [root@schoolserver] ~ >whereis logrotate > logrotate: /sbin/logrotate /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf > /etc/logrotate.d > > - is /etc/cron.daily/logrotate present? >> > > [root@schoolserver] ~ >cat /etc/cron.daily/logrotate > #!/bin/sh > > /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf > EXITVALUE=$? > if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then > /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with > [$EXITVALUE]" > fi > exit 0 > > >> - is /etc/logrotate.d/syslog present? >> > > [root@schoolserver] ~ >cat /etc/logrotate.d/syslog > /var/log/cron > /var/log/maillog > /var/log/messages > /var/log/secure > /var/log/spooler > { > sharedscripts > postrotate > /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true > endscript > } > > > >> >> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:10:39PM -0500, Anna wrote: >> > Oops, forgot to copy server-devel >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:55 PM, Anna <ascho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Was weekly log rotation supposed to be a thing? I thought we >> talked about >> > it. >> > >> > Here's the XSCE on an XO 1.5, running like a champ for this uptime >> on >> > xs-config-0.8.4.260.g5388399-1.noarch >> > >> > [root@schoolserver] ~ >uptime >> > 03:43:11 up 8 days, 3:22, 2 users, load average: 0.14, 0.24, >> 0.27 >> > [root@schoolserver] ~ >ls /var/log >> > btmp httpd monit.log ppp >> >> > spooler user.log yum.log >> > cron lastlog moodle puppet >> >> > squid wpa_supplicant.log >> > dansguardian maillog moodle-instupg.log >> > pwr-SHC0050085F-130911_002052.csv sugar-stats wtmp >> > ejabberd messages powerd.trace secure >> >> > tallylog xs-setup.log >> > >> > I've poked into dirs in /var/log and don't see any log rotation. >> But >> > secure should be rotating, if log rotation is working. >> > >> > Anna >> > >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Server-devel mailing list >> > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org >> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel >> >> >> -- >> James Cameron >> http://quozl.linux.org.au/ >> > >
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