Date: 31 Oct 2001 11:21:53 -0930 From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx> To: Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Clean up log files when logout Message-ID: <1004518023.330.35.camel@aviion.alfred.cx> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011031103133.00a44760@po.pacific.net.sg> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011031103133.00a44760@po.pacific.net.sg>
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On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 14:48, Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong wrote:
> How do I force the system to clean up those unwanted log file when I
> logout the system from my normal user login account ? To my understanding ,
> only root or wheel group users are able to remove all log files from
> /var/log . As such , I have no problem to auto clean up the log by writing
> cp /dev/null /var/log/xxx.log in .bash_logout in root directory .
newsyslog(8) may be more appropriate than completely obliterating the
logfile. Read the man page and see what you think.
- andrew
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