Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:39:40 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Richard Mcintyre <rem@thecompanyonline.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Cron not deleting log files Message-ID: <20050309003940.GA45954@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <422E2590.9050605@thecompanyonline.com> References: <422E2590.9050605@thecompanyonline.com>
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On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 05:22:08PM -0500, Richard Mcintyre wrote:
> All,
>
> I am having a problem. Back in December I installed FreeBSD5.3 onto a
> server and have just recently found some new time to 'play' with the
> settings etc.
>
> I think I know what happened but I'm not sure how to fix it.
>
> I currently have a 'large number' of auth.log.xxxxx and cron.xxxxxx
> files under /var/log.
Use newsyslog(8) and /etc/newsyslog.conf to manage your log files
instead of your home-grown non-working method.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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"Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny"
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