syslogd stops functioning after logrotate?

Peter Smith peter.smith at utsouthwestern.edu
Tue Dec 7 19:20:56 UTC 2004


Paul Howarth wrote:

> /etc/logrotate.d/syslog specifies a postrotate action for:
>
> /var/log/messages
> /var/log/secure
> /var/log/maillog
> /var/log/spooler
> /var/log/boot.log
> /var/log/cron
>
> of:
>
> /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || 
> true
>
> Does yours have this?
>
> Does /var/run/syslogd.pid have the right process ID for syslog?

I checked already and yes syslogd.pid does have the right process ID and 
the logrotate.d does have the HUP correctly. I think it is specific to 
the compress being on and/or the rotate 999 being set.

Peter




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