Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 11:15:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> Cc: Derek Flowers <djflow@erols.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New daily output Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980915111121.24779D-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <19980915154039.B13421@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
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On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > I really like the added feature, but am wondering how to clear message > > above? It has been placed in the output of /etc/daily now for a week. I > > appreciate the fact that /etc/daily now displays this, but I do not think > > it is necessary to have it display the same message over and over again. > > > > You should rotate your /var/log/messages daily. > RTFM newsyslog(8), then edit your /etc/newsyslog.conf accordingly. That isn't a very good idea. newsyslog will rotate file on the aniversary of its creation, but /etc/daily runs at a fixed time every day. This means that you almost certain miss processing some logs. newsyslog is flawed. > Best regards, > -- > Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the > ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank > +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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