Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 12:10:38 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: Aidan Skinner <aidan@velvet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Apache 1.3.x log rotation Message-ID: <52236.1010571038@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Jan 2002 17:37:50 GMT." <Pine.BSO.4.33.0201081735190.3120-100000@crushed.velvet.net>
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On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 17:37:50 GMT, Aidan Skinner wrote: > > Do I need to use newsyslog(8)'s path_to_pid_file feature to send a > > SIGHUP to the parent httpd, or should I rather configure httpd to log > > via syslog(3) in the first place? > > You could SIGHUP httpd, but syslog should also work. I didn't read the Apache docs closely enough -- syslog(3) only works for ErrorLog. > Which one do depends on personal preference I guess, on my webserver I > SIGHUP because that's how OpenBSD does it out of the box, and I saw no > reason to change. Looks like rotatelogs (or some similar pipe command) is the only way to go. :-( Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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