[rhn-users] syslog / logrotate question

[Alfred Hovdestad]

I added /var/log/slapd to /etc/logrotate.d/syslog.

     Alfred Hovdestad
     University of Saskatchewan



Jesse Becker wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:22:08AM -0500, FM wrote:
> 
>>Hello
>>my syslog conf :
>># Openldap Server daemon slapd
>>local4.debug                                            /var/log/slapd
>>
>>my logrotate.conf
>>/var/log/slapd {
>>   daily
>>   rotate 2
>>   create 0664 root ldap
>>   compress
>>}
>>
>>
>>Every morning I have to restart syslog to allow slapd daemon to populate 
>>the slapd log file instead of the messages log
> 
> 
> The slapd process still has the old filehandle open, even after the files are
> rotated.  Thus, you have to kick it to make sure it knows things have changed.
> 
> 
>>Am I missing something in the config ?
> 
> 
> Yes, a short section called "postrotate".  Try using this section (note the
> last 3 lines):
> 
> 
> /var/log/slapd {
>    daily
>    rotate 2
>    create 0664 root ldap
>    compress
>    postrotate
>       pkill -HUP slapd
>    endscript
> }
> 
> Of course, this only works if slapd honors the HUP signal.  If you need to
> actually do a full restart, then replace 'pkill -HUP slapd' with a command to
> bounce the service.
> 
> 
> 
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