Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 08-05-2008 Installation Manual page 444

Example 22.3 Example for /etc/logrotate.conf
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress
# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
# no packages own lastlog or wtmp - we'll rotate them here
#/var/log/wtmp {
# monthly
# create 0664 root utmp
# rotate 1
#}
# system-specific logs may be also be configured here.
logrotate is controlled through cron and is called daily by /etc/cron.daily/
logrotate.
IMPORTANT
The create option reads all settings made by the administrator in /etc/
permissions*. Ensure that no conflicts arise from any personal modifications.
22.1.4 The locate Command
locate, a command for quickly finding files, is not included in the standard scope of
installed software. If desired, install the package findutils-locate. The updatedb
process is started automatically every night or about 15 minutes after booting the system.
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