Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.1 Command Reference Manual page 48

Chapter 2. Core Server Configuration Reference
number of units. The units (day, week, month, and so forth) are given by the nsslapd-errorlog-
logrotationtimeunit (Error Log Rotation Time Unit) attribute.
Although it is not recommended for performance reasons to specify no log rotation, as the log
grows indefinitely, there are two ways of specifying this. Either set the nsslapd-errorlog-
maxlogsperdir attribute value to 1 or set the nsslapd-errorlog-logrotationtime attribute to
-1. The server checks the nsslapd-errorlog-maxlogsperdir attribute first, and, if this attribute
value is larger than 1, the server then checks the nsslapd-errorlog-logrotationtime attribute.
Section 2.3.1.57, "nsslapd-errorlog-maxlogsperdir (Maximum Number of Error Log Files)"
See
more information.
Parameter
Entry DN
Valid Range
Default Value
Syntax
Example
2.3.1.55. nsslapd-errorlog-logrotationtimeunit (Error Log Rotation Time
Unit)
This attribute sets the units for nsslapd-errorlog-logrotationtime (Error Log Rotation Time).
If the unit is unknown by the server, then the log never expires.
Parameter
Entry DN
Valid Values
Default Value
Syntax
Example
2.3.1.56. nsslapd-errorlog-maxlogsize (Maximum Error Log Size)
This attribute sets the maximum error log size in megabytes. When this value is reached, the error
log is rotated, and the server starts writing log information to a new log file. If nsslapd-errorlog-
maxlogsperdir is set to 1, the server ignores this attribute.
When setting a maximum log size, consider the total number of log files that can be created due
to log file rotation. Also, remember that there are three different log files (access log, audit log, and
error log) maintained by the Directory Server, each of which consumes disk space. Compare these
considerations to the total amount of disk space for the error log.
Parameter
Entry DN
34
Description
cn=config
-1 | 1 to the maximum 32 bit integer value
(2147483647), where a value of -1 means
that the time between error log file rotation is
unlimited).
1
Integer
nsslapd-errorlog-logrotationtime: 100
Description
cn=config
month | week | day | hour | minute
week
DirectoryString
nsslapd-errorlog-logrotationtimeunit: day
Description
cn=config
for