Are the logs in /var/log/ automatically rotated?

[Paul Howarth]

Randy Vice wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>> Don Bedsole wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I was wondering if the logs in the /var/log directory (especially 
>>> /var/log/messages) are automatically deleted after a certain period 
>>> of time or when the log file gets to a certain size.  Or, is this 
>>> something that needs to be set up manually by the user using a cron 
>>> job or something like that?  I have just changed my iptables rules to 
>>> include some logging and the messages go to /var/log/messages.  I'm 
>>> not too worried about getting my hard drive filled up with log 
>>> messages, but I don't want to save them forever either. Thank you.
>>
>>
>> They're rotated on a weekly basis, with IIRC five weeks' messages kept.
>>
>> See /etc/logrotate.d/syslog
> 
> 
> Is there a GUI for managing this?

I think your favourite GUI editor is the best you'll get.

Paul.