wtmp won't rotate

[Paula J. Lindsay]

Thank you Maarten.  We have tried this but I'll put in your exact syntax 
in the logrotate.conf and
see if that works.  Thanks again.
Paula

Broekman, Maarten wrote:
> Check your /etc/logrotate.conf file.  This is what mine says (rhel4) and
> it works fine for me:
>
> /var/log/wtmp {
>     monthly
>     create 0664 root utmp
>     rotate 1
> }
>
>
> I have a wtmp and wtmp.1 file in /var/log.  If you want more back
> copies, just change the "rotate 1" to however many back versions you
> want.
>
> Maarten Broekman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Paula J. Lindsay
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:38 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: wtmp won't rotate
>
> Many thanks for the tips on shutting off the xscreensaver.  I could not 
> remove it because there were too many
> dependencies.  I ended up reading the man page and found how to turn it 
> off.  Should of done that in the first
> place.  I did read the man page for wtmp.  I've put it in logrotate.conf
>
> to rotate wtmp, but it won't do it.  They
> are running RHE 4 and need to have wtmp make a copy of wtmp and start 
> over with a new month.  This
> linux box is attached to an instrument, it is used by the students and 
> faculty and they need it each month so
> they can bill these people.  Does anyone know how to make wtmp go to 
> wtmp.1 wtmp.2.  It presently just
> deletes wtmp and starts a new month.
> Many thanks for all of your help.  I couldn't live without this mailing 
> list, at least not as an IT person.
> Paula
>
>   

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