Re: [webmin-devel] Log file size limiting

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

On 29/Jul/2005 05:19 Colm Dougan wrote ..
> Hi,
> 
> Just wondering if there was any parameter to limit the max logfile
> size for webmin (miniser.pl) access logs.  I really only want maybe
> the last (say) 1000 lines to remian in the logfile at any one time. 
> Disk space is very limited.  Is there any straightforward way to do
> this or do I need to have something else rotate the logs?

Your best bet would be to configured logrotate to operate on /var/webmin/miniserv.log , 
and to truncate them after they reach some max size, like 1MB. If you do set this
up, make sure logrotate runs  /etc/webmin/stop ; /etc/webmin/start  after rotating
the logs..

 - Jamie