Re: [webmin-l] Log file rotation

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 7/Jul/2006 11:13 Danford, Rich wrote ..
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<p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Greetings,</font></span></p>

<p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">I am currently using</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> W</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">ebmin-1.290 and I installed the</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=91</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Log</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">File</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Rotation</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=92</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> module, using the Webmin Module install function.</font>
 </span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=A0 When I click on the Webmin</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=93</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Log</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">File</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Rotate</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=94</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> icon,</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">this error is displayed;</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=93</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3
 D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">T</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">he log rotation program</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">logrotate</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> was not found on your system. Maybe it is not installed, or the</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us">&nbsp;</span><a href=3D"https://pscqas.vf.lmco.com:65005/config.cgi?logrotate"><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><u><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial" color=3D"#0000ff">module configuration</font></u></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span></a><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> is incorrect</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">.</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"A
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<p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">I have performed a system wide check for the</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=93</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">logrotate</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=94</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> program, with unsuccessful results</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">, therefore unable to properly configure Log File Rotate module.</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span></p>

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<p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Where is or should be the default location for the</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=93</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">logrotate</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=94</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> Webmin program?</font></span></p>

<p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Thank you,</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span></p>

<p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Rich</font></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"></span></p>

</blockquote>You need to install the 'logrotate' program for this module to work. All Linux distributions come with it as standard, but on other operating systems you'd need to install it from a separate package ..<br /><br />=A0- Jamie<br /><br />