syslog.conf archive

[George221]

I'm trying to rotate, compress and archive our daily syslogs but the following line doesn't seem to be working

*.debug;local5.none /var/logs/syslog.log rotate files 7 time 1d compress archive archive

I have a folder called "archive" in /var/logs.....tried also putting the full path archive /var/logs/archive but that didn't work either. The syslog.log just keeps building. What am I doing wrong?

 

[MichSe]

Hi, did you refresh syslogd ??

 

[George221]

yes (ie: refresh -s syslogd)
does the archive parm seem right? in this case it's just the name of the archive folder within /var/logs.

 

[khalidaaa]

Your syntax looks fine! I would rather use the full path though /var/logs/archive.

Have you tried removing the ";local5.none"? (refresh -s syslogd)

Regards,
Khalid

 

[mrn]

try

*.debug;local5.none /var/logs/syslog.log rotate files 7 time 1d compress archive path <- Where you want the files archived to.

also

Files referenced in syslog.conf need to exist, so you need to touch them and Remember that the syslog.conf file requires tabs as the field delimiter.


Mike

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