From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E0H0B-0006XL-B9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:01:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j73B09Yb001288; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:00:11 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j73AtlxP014284 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 10:55:48 GMT Received: from smtp2.iway.na ([196.44.136.4]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E0Gv1-0004lE-FI for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:56:16 +0000 Received: from vscan.iway.na ([196.44.136.13]) by smtp2.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id IKNAFY02.DXF for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:55:10 +0000 Received: from mx2.iway.na ([196.44.136.13]) by vscan.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id IKN7PE01.14A for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:56:02 +0100 Received: from uwix.alt.na ([196.44.131.146]) by mx2.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id IKN7PF00.KIN for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:56:03 +0100 Received: from uwe by uwix.alt.na with local (Exim 4.50) id 1E0Gtl-0003Ws-5P for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:54:57 +0100 From: Uwe Thiem Organization: SysEx (Pty) Ltd. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] logrotate Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:54:57 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508031154.57143.uwix@iway.na> Sender: Uwe Thiem X-Archives-Salt: 9ac10595-93b4-41a5-9c03-08a6606a7bce X-Archives-Hash: 3bbee891d11949bf7862eb99daba09c3 Hi folks, from /etc/logrotate.conf: ----- # no packages own lastlog or wtmp -- we'll rotate them here /var/log/wtmp { monthly create 0664 root utmp rotate 1 } ----- It states it rotates lastlog (/var/log/lastlog) but it doesn't and my lastlog grows forever. Doesn't seem right. Anybody else seeing the same or have I messed up? I mean I can easily edit /etc/logrotate.conf but I think it should do that by default. Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list