/var/log/mail problems

[Glenn Steen]

On 08/06/07, Alexandros Fragkiadakis <alfrag at econ.soc.uoc.gr> wrote:
> On Fri, June 8, 2007 1:27 pm, Martin.Hepworth wrote:
> >
>
> > Normal rotatelogs process getting it wrong??
> >
> >
> > How do you normally rotate the log files on your system?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Martin Hepworth
> > Snr Systems Administrator
> > Solid State Logic
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> >
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> >> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Alexandros Fragkiadakis
> >> Sent: 08 June 2007 11:13
> >> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> >> Subject: /var/log/mail problems
> >>
> >>
> >> hi all,
> >>
> >> i'm using mailscanner+postfix. A few days ago i restarted Mailscanner
> >> through /etc/init.d/Mailscanner. After this, /var/log/mail loging
> > lasts
> >> for 24 hours and after this period a new logging starts with the past
> > logs
> >> being lost.
> >>
> >> Do you have any idea why is this happening?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Many thanks in advance,
> >>
> >>
> >> Alexandros
> >>
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> There is a rotatelogs2 process in /usr/sbin but not sure how to configure
> it or test it.
>
>
logrotate usually runs as a cron job ... so check those.

Cheers
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