Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:08:34 +0100 From: Grzegorz Czaplinski <gregory@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl> To: jacks@sage-american.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Log dies after rotation Message-ID: <20011214170834.B35818@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20011214001820.03dc67c8@mail.sage-american.com>; from jacks@sage-american.com on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:18:20AM -0600 References: <3.0.5.32.20011214001820.03dc67c8@mail.sage-american.com>
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:18:20AM -0600, jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > After setting up the newsyslog to rotate natd log, it gets trimmed okay, > but stops recording afterwards. Have looked everywhere for an explanation, > but NADA... here is the line in my newsyslog.conf: > # logfilename [owner:group] mode count size when [ZB] > [/pid_file] [sig_num] > /var/log/alias.log 644 3 * $D0 Z > > It should be pretty simple, but hit a brick wall... been looking at it too > long! It's set to trim at midnight and now it's 12:16am and no more > logging. Has been running at about 2MB/day. I thought the permissions was > set okay, but that about the only thing I haven't changed. > > ...any suggestions appreciated once again... sigh! Does it start loging when you snap it with a HUP signal? Probably you lack two more filds: [/pid_file] and [sig_num]. The default signal is SIGHUP so puting a pid file path should be sufficient. Give it a try and share the results. gregory -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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