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build:logging [2018/05/28 02:06] SLUUG Administration [syslog.conf] |
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| Edit ''/etc/logrotate.conf'' to change the ''rotate'' option for ''/var/log/wtmp'' from ''1'' to ''25'', and ''/var/log/btmp'' from ''1'' to ''13''. | Edit ''/etc/logrotate.conf'' to change the ''rotate'' option for ''/var/log/wtmp'' from ''1'' to ''25'', and ''/var/log/btmp'' from ''1'' to ''13''. | ||
| + | === Later changes and corrections === | ||
| + | Add option ''dateext'' to change the naming convention of adding | ||
| + | generation numbers ".1", ".2", etc. to the "-yyyymmdd" format. | ||
| + | Also manually rename all existing log files to the new format. | ||
| + | Note this is the default in later releases. | ||
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| + | Fix incorrect permissions for the ''/var/log/btmp'' entry | ||
| + | from ''0660'' to ''0600''. | ||
| + | Also chmod existing files to make the same change. | ||
| + | This is a well known bug fixed in later releases, but should be verified. | ||
| ==== syslog.conf ==== | ==== syslog.conf ==== | ||
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