Re: What controls the rotation of "/var/log/auth.log"?

From: Andreas Janssen (andreas.janssen_at_bigfoot.com)
Date: 09/13/04

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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:26:29 +0200

    Hello

    Adam Funk (<a24061@yahoo.com>) wrote:

    > What causes /var/log/auth.log to be rotated?
    >
    > `grep -R auth.log /etc/` lists only the /etc/syslog.conf file entry to
    > produce the auth.log file. It *is* being rotated weekly on my system,
    > but I want to add to the rotation procedure a script to mail me a log
    > analysis.

    logrotate is called by the cron daemon. Take a look
    at /etc/cron.daily/logrotate.

    best regards
            Andreas Janssen 

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