Re: [SLUG] /var/log entries

From: John Oakes (john@networkproductions.net)
Date: Tue Jul 09 2002 - 16:13:59 EDT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mikes work account" <mrock@stewartsigns.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:48 PM
Subject: [SLUG] /var/log entries

>
> I am undertaking the task of shortening the log entries in /var/log and
> elsewhere. My first log is the boot.log. there are 5 of these from
> boot.log through boot.log.4. I would like to limit this to two files and
> limit the size of each of these but I do not know where they are
generated.
> Can anyone point me to the script that generates these logs?

Look at /etc/logrotate.conf and /etc/syslog.conf. Also check out the man
pages for logrotate and syslog.

John



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