On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 05:48:44 +0000, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Package: xdm > Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 > Severity: minor > > Controls were not put on logfiles. > $ ls /var/log|sed 's/\..*//'|uniq -c|sort -nr|head > 48 xdm > 20 mail... > > I am already at xdm.log.44.gz > The logrotate or whatever needs to limit their proliferation. > $ cat /etc/logrotate.d/xdm # $Id: xdm.logrotate 189 2005-06-11 00:04:27Z branden $
/var/log/xdm.log { weekly rotate 52 compress delaycompress notifempty missingok postrotate if [ -r /var/run/xdm.pid ]; then \ kill -s USR2 $(cat /var/run/xdm.pid); \ fi endscript } # vim:set ai et sts=4 sw=4 tw=80: So, you'll have up to 52 logfiles. Why do you think that this is too much, and even then, that changing the limit in your own /etc/logrotate.d/xdm file would not solve this? Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]