From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 28 06:34:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA06161 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 06:34:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from milehigh.denver.net (milehigh.denver.net [204.144.180.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA06155 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 06:34:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jdc@localhost) by milehigh.denver.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA07370; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 07:33:45 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 07:33:44 -0600 (MDT) From: John-David Childs To: Igor Mkrtoumian cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: Re: kernel compilation and maillogs In-Reply-To: <01BC9B47.194A1500@ararat.aua.am> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Igor Mkrtoumian wrote: > Can anybody tell me please > 1. how to compile a new kernel in FreeBSD 2.1.0 There's a whole chapter on it in the handbook and in the faq, both of which are located in your /usr/share/doc directory or at http://www.freebsd.org > 2. how to decrease the number of maillog. files in /var/log/ I think in FreeBSD 2.1.0 you'll find a log rotation scheme in /etc/daily* and/or /etc/weekly. In newer versions, there is a program called newsyslog (and a config file called /etc/newsyslog.conf) which controls logfile rotation. > 3. how to decrease the number of messages. files in /var/log/ > Same as above. -- > Igor Mkrtoumian > American University of Armenia > -- John-David Childs (JC612) @denver.net/Internet-Coach/@ronan.net System Administrator Enterprise Internet Solutions & Network Engineer 901 E 17th Ave, Denver 80218 "The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl." -- Dave Barry