why is web traffic being written to the rotated log file?

[Tom Callahan]

I would assume you could also use rotatelogs, which according to my man 
page, is included with Apache HTTP Server...

usage in your httpd.conf would be as follows:
CustomLog "|/path/to/bin/rotatelogs /path/to/logs/sitename-access_log 
86400 -240" mediahouse
ErrorLog "|/path/to/bin/rotatelogs /path/to/logs/sitename-error_log 
86400 -240" mediahouse

That's what we do....rotates about every 24 hours
< man rotatelogs > for more information

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Chris W. Parker wrote:

>A.Fadyushin at it-centre.ru <mailto:A.Fadyushin at it-centre.ru>
>    on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:33 AM said:
>
>  
>
>>The problem with logrotate and absence of execute permission for /tmp
>>may be solved by editind /etc/cron.daily/logrotate script and setting
>>therein the variable TMPDIR (via 'export TMPDIR=<somewhere>' before
>>calling logrorate) to some directory with execute permission (for
>>example /var/run). The logrotate will then use value of TMPDIR instead
>>of /tmp.
>>    
>>
>
>Sounds good except look what I found in /etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
>
>#!/bin/sh
>
># TMPDIR value other than /tmp needs to be set because of the noexec
># option on /tmp that is currently set.
>export TMPDIR=/var/tmp/logrotate
>
>/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
>EXITVALUE=$?
>if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
>    /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with
>[$EXITVALUE]"
>fi
>exit 0
>
>
>Any other ideas?
>
>
>Thank you,
>Chris.
>
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>