RE: [webmin-l] Rotating webmin logs

[Neil A. <ne...@JA...>]

Larry:

Does webmin need to restart each time the log rotates?

Thanks,
	Neil


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web...@li... 
> [mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Larry Gilson
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 1:27 PM
> To: 'web...@li...'
> Subject: RE: [webmin-l] Rotating webmin logs
> 
> 
> Hi Neil,
> 
> I am running Red Hat and added a file to /etc/logrotate.d/ 
> called webmin.
> The file has the following contents:
> 
> /var/webmin/miniserv.error /var/webmin/miniserv.log 
> /var/webmin/webmin.log {
>     missingok
>     notifempty
>     sharedscripts
>     postrotate
> 	/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/webmin/miniserv.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>
> /dev/null || true
>     endscript
> }
> 
> It is the same contents as httpd logrotate.
> 
> 
> --Larry
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Neil Aggarwal
> 
> >Hello:
> >
> >It looks like webmin uses these logs:
> >	/var/webmin/miniserv.error
> >	/var/webmin/miniserv.log
> >	/var/webmin/webmin.log
> >
> >But it does not automatically set up logrotation of them.
> >
> >If I add these lines to /etc/logrotate.conf, they should rotate:
> >/var/webmin/*.log /var/webmin/*.error {
> >}
> >
> >Will this cause problems for webmin in any way?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >	Neil
> >
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