Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 116

Configure logrotate with the file /etc/logrotate.conf. In particular, the
include specification primarily configures the additional files to read. Programs that
produce log files install individual configuration files in /etc/logrotate.d. For
example, such files ship with the packages, e.g. apache2 (/etc/logrotate.d/
apache2) and syslogd (/etc/logrotate.d/syslog).
Example 9.3 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.
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