Rotating wtmp

[A.Fadyushin at it-centre.ru]

You should note that the command 'logrotate -f' will force immediate
rotation for all log files specified in logrotate configuration. If you
want to rotate only the /var/log/wtmp you  should create logrotate
configuration file with the rules for rotation of wtmp file only and
then specify that configuration file on the command line for 'logrotate
-f'.
Of course, you can also "rotate" the wtmp file by copyung it manually.

Alexey Fadyushin
Brainbench MVP for Linux
http://www.brainbench.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Serge Dubrouski
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:16 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Rotating wtmp
> 
> logrotate -f
> 
> man logrotate.
> 
> On 6/28/06, Poluri, Ramachandra Rao <rp230050 at ncr.com> wrote:
> > Don't we have a command to do so..forcing rotation..
> >
> > -Ramachandra.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Serge Dubrouski
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:10 PM
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: Re: Rotating wtmp
> >
> > cp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/wtmp.old
> > cp /dev/null /var/log/wtmp
> >
> > if yopu don't want to make a copy.
> >
> > On 6/28/06, Poluri, Ramachandra Rao <rp230050 at ncr.com> wrote:
> > > I want to force the rotation of wtmp right now..
> > > How can we do it??
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Serge
Dubrouski
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:01 PM
> > > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > > Subject: Re: Rotating wtmp
> > >
> > > /var/log/wtmp {
> > >    monthly
> > >    create 0664 root utmp
> > >    rotate 1
> > > }
> > >
> > > in the /etc/logrotate.conf
> > >
> > > On 6/28/06, Poluri, Ramachandra Rao <rp230050 at ncr.com> wrote:
> > > > Frnds..
> > > >
> > > > How do we rotate /var/log/wtmp ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > -Ramachandra.
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