How long are log files kept?
Dave Martini 1
martini at raider.llnl.gov
Tue Aug 9 17:20:53 UTC 2005
RHEL 3 and 4.
In the syslog.conf file how long are these log files kept and what
is the rotation schedule for instance /var/log/authlog. I don't
see any cron jobs for log rotation.
I need to keep at least 30 days worth of logs.
Thanks much.
Dave Maritni
LLNL
# more /etc/syslog.conf
# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.* /dev/console
# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages
# The authpriv file has restricted access.
authpriv.* /var/log/secure
# Log all the mail messages in one place.
mail.* /var/log/maillog
# Log cron stuff
cron.* /var/log/cron
# Everybody gets emergency messages
*.emerg *
# Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file.
uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler
# Save boot messages also to boot.log
local7.* /var/log/boot.log
#auth.info /var/log/authlog
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