-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Hoffman wrote: > Greetings again. Running FreeBSD 8.0, I have added the following to > /etc/rc.conf: > newsyslog_flags="-a /usr/old-log/" > I have stopped and started newsyslog. However, the rotated logs are still > being written into /var/log. No errors appear in /var/log/messages or in > dmesg. > > Any clues? > > --Paul Hoffman
Hi Paul, newsyslog is invoked at boot time by the /etc/rc.d/newsyslog script to create missing log files, but after that, it's invoked regularly by cron to do the actual rotations. Check the /etc/crontab file and add your flags there, and you should be all set. Hope that helps, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. http://twitter.com/sourcehosting/ - Follow me, follow you -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFL4Ys+0sRouByUApARAoYwAJ9VjG0SH6fOmlil+kvJtadlg+VX3QCgl7aq 7be/1LJn4coaeF12O9G49Vc= =0zhA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
