RE: [webmin-l] Rotating webmin logs

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

Larry:

Thank you for the info.
I have set my logrotate to restart webmin after rotating.

Thanks,
	Neil


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web...@li... 
> [mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Larry Gilson
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 7:08 AM
> To: 'web...@li...'
> Subject: RE: [webmin-l] Rotating webmin logs
> 
> 
> Hi Neil,
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Neil Aggarwal
> 
> >Does webmin need to restart each time the log rotates?
> 
> 
> I believe the answer is yes.  Some time ago I asked a similar 
> question and
> the response was to mirror the httpd logrotate configuration. 
>  My memory is
> a bit rusty as to why apache needs to be restarted.  What I believe is
> correct is that Apache will open a file and refer to the file 
> by id an not
> by name.  So when logrotate changes the filename, httpd needs to be
> restarted to find the new id associated with the new name 
> (i.e. access_log)
> versus the renamed file (i.e. access_log.1).  Otherwise you 
> would continue
> to keep logging to the renamed file.  So in short, I believe 
> that Apache and
> Webmin open a file and keep it open to stream log events rather than
> opening, writing, closing, opening, writing, etc.  A restart 
> is necessary to
> close the file and open the new log.
> 
> Any corrections are most welcome!
> 
> --Larry
> 
> 
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