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Date:      Tue, 19 Oct 1999 21:08:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        dl@tyfon.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG ([FreeBSD-Questions-List] (E-post))
Subject:   Re: messages log
Message-ID:  <199910200108.VAA22807@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <01BF1A64.2D1FE520.dl@tyfon.net> from Dan Larsson at "Oct 19, 1999 07:00:13 pm"

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Dan Larsson wrote,
> I want the messages log (/var/log/messages) to rotate just as the other logs
> Do I need to create a crontab for this, or how should I configure the system?

It _is_ rotated like the other logs in the default setup. See, manpages
for newsyslog(8) and the file /etc/newsyslog.conf.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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