So, the question is, why can I rotate the log manually, but cron returns a permission error? Do I need to tell cron to run it as sudo or something like that?
Ethon > On Nov 17, 2017, at 2:29 AM, Tom Hendrikx <t...@whyscream.net > <mailto:t...@whyscream.net>> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Your crontab should normally mail you error output. But you can also run > the logrotate command manually, in verbose mode. > > > Kind regards, > Tom > > On 17-11-17 03:35, SH Development wrote: >> That doesn’t seem to work either. Where do I find logs for log rotation to >> see the reason it failed? >> >> Ethon >> >> >> >>> On Nov 16, 2017, at 7:53 PM, Bill Shirley <b...@knoxvillechristian.org >>> <mailto:b...@knoxvillechristian.org> <mailto:b...@knoxvillechristian.org >>> <mailto:b...@knoxvillechristian.org>>> wrote: >>> >>> I believe you need a 'create' statement to set the permissions. Here >>> is an example for mariadb: >>> /var/log/mariadb/general.log >>> /var/log/mariadb/slow_query.log >>> /var/log/mariadb/error.log >>> /var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log { >>> create 640 mysql mysql >>> daily >>> minsize 30M >>> notifempty >>> rotate 3 >>> missingok >>> compress >>> sharedscripts >>> postrotate >>> # # just if mysqld is really running >>> if test -x /usr/bin/mysqladmin && \ >>> /usr/bin/mysqladmin ping &>/dev/null >>> then >>> /usr/bin/mysqladmin flush-logs >>> fi >>> endscript >>> } >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> On 11/16/2017 4:27 AM, SH Development wrote: >>>> I have recently noticed that my dovecot-deliver.log is huge and wanted to >>>> start rotating it. So a couple of questions: >>>> >>>> 1. Can the dovecot-deliver.log be combined with the maillog, that gets >>>> rotated weekly? If it can be done, is it advisable? >>>> Since the inception of this particular server, the log file has been >>>> located in the /home/vmail directory. Is there a reason it shouldn’t be >>>> located in the /var/log directory with the maillog? >>>> >>>> 2. Separate from above, if I create a new logrotate script example as >>>> follows: >>>> >>>> # dovecot SIGUSR1: Re-opens the log files. >>>> /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log { >>>> missingok >>>> notifempty >>>> delaycompress >>>> sharedscripts >>>> postrotate >>>> /bin/kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/dovecot/master.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> >>>> /dev/null || true >>>> endscript >>>> } >>>> >>>> I get the following error only when cron tries to run it: >>>> >>>> /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: >>>> error: stat of /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log failed: Permission denied >>>> >>>> >>>> Owner on the log are vmail:vmail. If I manually force logrotate on this >>>> particular log, it works fine. >>>> >>>> >>>> Ethon
