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[webmin-l] Help - two webmins

[Thomas L. <th...@th...>]

Uh. Eek.

So, in tracing down various and sundry error messages in syslog, I just
realized: I have two webmin directories...

/etc/webmin

and /usr/libexec/webmin

which seem to contain a similar but not identical set of scripts, etc.

I believe that /etc/webmin is authoritative, but there's a lot missing
from it...

I think this might be a side effect of having to restore webmin's config
files from backup... 

It seems that all the config files are in /etc/webmin/ and all the
binary files are in /usr/libexec/webmin/ ... but that all the cron
scripts and other stuff recovered from the backup expects all the
binaries to be in /etc/webmin (which was the case in the original webmin
install, which was from a tarball, and not the RPM).

For example /etc/webmin/virtual-server has nothing in it but .acl files
and the domains directory... all of which is being properly picked up.

How do I fix this? Copy everything over to one directory or another?

Or am I missing something and things should be this way (the flood of
error messages to syslog would seem to indicate otherwise)?

Thomas

[webmin-l] group members are not adding under perticular group through webmin

[Radhika <rad...@ya...>]

Hi,
 
 I am using Version 1.180 on localhost.localdomain (Debian GNU/Linux 3.1).When ever i am adding new user with the some group name after this perticular group is not showing the newly added members in the list but when i went to check the /etc/passwd file is showing correct group id why it is not showing under perticular group all the useres i have added.
 
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Re: [webmin-l] IMAP/LDAP Modules?

[Craig W. <cra...@az...>]

On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 15:17 +1000, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 15:14, Craig White wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 13:26 +1000, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > > The next Webmin release will contain a module for the Dovecot IMAP
> > > server, which I prefer to Cyrus.. Also, I do plan to create an OpenLDAP
> > > administration module some time.
> > > 
> > ----
> > don't know what you've got in mind as a target but openldap 2.3.x is
> > vastly different than their 2.2.x though I'm not sure if they're calling
> > it 'stable' at this point, they certainly are encouraging people to use
> > it and few patches are being backported to 2.2.x which is feature frozen
> > and for all purposes, development has ceased. Then of course, there is
> > the newly released Fedora Directory which I haven't looked at yet but
> > evidently is what used to be Netscape's version that Red Hat purchased
> > from Sun and have now released as GPL. I somewhat suspect that you are
> > thinking in terms of a more generic LDAP v3 type of model and not
> > worrying about specific implementations.
> 
> What I was thinking of is a module to manage the LDAP server itself,
> rather than the data in it. For the latter, there is already a nice
> module in Webmin (LDAP Users and Groups) which can connect to any LDAP
> server and manage users and groups such as those used by NSS-LDAP and
> Qmail+LDAP.
----
I wasn't thinking so much about the data itself as I was thinking about
log levels, ACL's, replication, certificates, slapcat*, slapadd*
ldapadd* (*these might be openldap things), slapdb_recover which to me
sounds like what you had in mind.

Yes, LDAP Users and Groups is wonderful and you know that I use it as
best I can.

Indeed to maneuver data, phpldapadmin & GQ pretty much have the concepts
down.

Thanks

Craig


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Re: [webmin-l] IMAP/LDAP Modules?

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

On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 15:14, Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 13:26 +1000, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > The next Webmin release will contain a module for the Dovecot IMAP
> > server, which I prefer to Cyrus.. Also, I do plan to create an OpenLDAP
> > administration module some time.
> > 
> ----
> don't know what you've got in mind as a target but openldap 2.3.x is
> vastly different than their 2.2.x though I'm not sure if they're calling
> it 'stable' at this point, they certainly are encouraging people to use
> it and few patches are being backported to 2.2.x which is feature frozen
> and for all purposes, development has ceased. Then of course, there is
> the newly released Fedora Directory which I haven't looked at yet but
> evidently is what used to be Netscape's version that Red Hat purchased
> from Sun and have now released as GPL. I somewhat suspect that you are
> thinking in terms of a more generic LDAP v3 type of model and not
> worrying about specific implementations.

What I was thinking of is a module to manage the LDAP server itself,
rather than the data in it. For the latter, there is already a nice
module in Webmin (LDAP Users and Groups) which can connect to any LDAP
server and manage users and groups such as those used by NSS-LDAP and
Qmail+LDAP.

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] IMAP/LDAP Modules?

[Craig W. <cra...@az...>]

On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 13:26 +1000, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> The next Webmin release will contain a module for the Dovecot IMAP
> server, which I prefer to Cyrus.. Also, I do plan to create an OpenLDAP
> administration module some time.
> 
----
don't know what you've got in mind as a target but openldap 2.3.x is
vastly different than their 2.2.x though I'm not sure if they're calling
it 'stable' at this point, they certainly are encouraging people to use
it and few patches are being backported to 2.2.x which is feature frozen
and for all purposes, development has ceased. Then of course, there is
the newly released Fedora Directory which I haven't looked at yet but
evidently is what used to be Netscape's version that Red Hat purchased
from Sun and have now released as GPL. I somewhat suspect that you are
thinking in terms of a more generic LDAP v3 type of model and not
worrying about specific implementations.

Craig


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Re: [webmin-l] IMAP/LDAP Modules?

[Alan D. <We...@Om...>]

I have used Jamie's new Dovecot IMAP/POP3 Server module, and it fits the
bill quite nicely.  Incidentally, Dovecot may be a relatively new
player, but it is quickly gaining popularity as one of the fastest, most
secure, and easiest servers to set up and maintain.  It is also the
IMAP/POP3 server of choice by default for all Fedora and Red Hat Linux
distributions, including CentOS.  For more information, see:

http://www.Dovecot.org/

As for those who still prefer Cyrus and/or Courier, there are a couple
of third-party modules already available:

*Cyrus IMAPd -- *Version: 0.7 (Last Updated September 22 2005)
http://www.tecchio.net/webmin/cyrus/

Imapadmin -- IMAP Administration Module for Webmin using the perl
IMAP::Admin module.
http://www.nwe.de/develop/

Regarding LDAP, there is an excellent free web-based LDAP browser and
management tool called phpLDAPadmin.  I highly recommend it.  With
something like this, I would argue there is little need for an OpenLDAP
administration module in Webmin, although it might be nice just to have
a basic one to manage the config file and then create a link to
phpLDAPadmin for all of the directory management.  For more information,
see:

http://phpLDAPadmin.sourceforge.net/

Enjoy!

Alan

On 10/11/2005 11:26 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> The next Webmin release will contain a module for the Dovecot IMAP
> server, which I prefer to Cyrus.. Also, I do plan to create an OpenLDAP
> administration module some time.
>
>  - Jamie
>
> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 12:47, Suspect wrote:
>   
>> I know there are a few vague 3rd party mods for this, but is there any
>> chance that in the long run we'll see standard modules for IMAP and
>> OpenLDAP?
>>
>> I would think Cyrus/Courier IMAP would be the norm...
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't know enough about module development to hammer one
>> out.

Re: [webmin-l] IMAP/LDAP Modules?

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

The next Webmin release will contain a module for the Dovecot IMAP
server, which I prefer to Cyrus.. Also, I do plan to create an OpenLDAP
administration module some time.

 - Jamie

On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 12:47, Suspect wrote:
> I know there are a few vague 3rd party mods for this, but is there any
> chance that in the long run we'll see standard modules for IMAP and
> OpenLDAP?
> 
> I would think Cyrus/Courier IMAP would be the norm...
> 
> Unfortunately I don't know enough about module development to hammer one
> out.
> 

[webmin-l] IMAP/LDAP Modules?

[Suspect <pr...@re...>]

I know there are a few vague 3rd party mods for this, but is there any
chance that in the long run we'll see standard modules for IMAP and
OpenLDAP?

I would think Cyrus/Courier IMAP would be the norm...

Unfortunately I don't know enough about module development to hammer one
out.


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Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog

[Freddie C. <fca...@sd...>]

> That file format looks completely different to the one used by
> logrotate unfortunately, so at the moment there is no way you can
> use Webmin to configure newsyslog.

> However, you could install logrotate instead, which looks to be more
> powerful, and is supported by Webmin.

newsyslog(8) is so much nicer to work with, though.  :)  logrotate
uses a separate config file for each log and/or requires several lines
per log, and doesn't always work (I've several systems where I have
not been able to get logrotate to work correctly, especially with
Apache logs).

newsyslog uses a single config file, uses a single line per log file
to be rotated, and does everything needed to rotate logs.  Nothing
more, nothing less.  Just like everything else in FreeBSD (1 config
file, 1 line per whatever, and it just works).

Getting the logrotate module to support newsyslog may take a lot of
work, though, since they are so different.

Added a custom command file editor is a decent "solution" until then.  :)
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[webmin-l] webmin problem

[Joel C. <jc...@gu...>]

Hi Jamie,

 

I have a problem regarding webadmin. I installed it on PIII 866Mhz, 512MB,
20G of hardisk with redhat 7.3 with running application of sendmail,
MailScanner SpamAssassin. When I installed webmin I cannot see the
MailScanner in the Webmin Users.. I did not encounter error on my
installation of webmin. Is there any procedure to install webmin? If there
are procedure in net where cani find it? 

 

Hope for your reply

 

Thanks,

joel

 

 


 


 

 

Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain

[Unknown Q. <web...@un...>]

thanks Jamie

i'll get them to try it in the morning

Regards
Martyn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain


Ah yes, that bug .. there is an updated Quota module at 
www.webmin.com/updates.html to resolve it ..

 - Jamie

-----Original Message-----

From:  "Unknown Questions" <web...@un...>
Subj:  Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain
Date:  Wed 12 Oct 2005 3:49 am
Size:  1K
To:  <web...@li...>

Hi Jamie - your correct, it appears to be a Quota problem on the server

Here's how far my server guys got today
>>>
The problem is definitely with the quota system. Webmin uses a short perl
script called "edquota.pl" to simulate the existence of a human-driven
editor to the proper "edquota" command, but for some reason the script hangs
badly (and requires a kill -9 to get rid of it).

there is a workaround for this problem (it's fairly involved,
unfortunately):

- Log into the server via SSH, then add a new user via webmin.

- Wait a few seconds, then run "ps fax | grep edquota.pl" in the shell
session to find the running edquota.pl process. The output should look
something like:
<<<<<<<<
12383 ttyp0    S      0:00          \_ grep edquota.pl
12260 ?        R      0:01              \_ /usr/bin/perl
/usr/local/webmin//quota/edquota.pl /tmp//EdP.aWHoTCe
>>>>>>>>

Ignore the line mentioning grep and note down the PID for the edquota.pl
(the first number in that line, 12260 in this case) and kill it by running
"kill -9 12260"

Repeat the "ps fax" and "kill" step (it runs twice) for each user.

The web page should now finish loading.
<<<

Jamie - are you able to make any suggestions as to how we can get over this
problem

Regards
Martyn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain


> It looks like something has hung just after the user was created..

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Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain

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

Ah yes, that bug .. there is an updated Quota module at www.webmin.com/updates.html to resolve it ..

 - Jamie

-----Original Message-----

From:  "Unknown Questions" <web...@un...>
Subj:  Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain
Date:  Wed 12 Oct 2005 3:49 am
Size:  1K
To:  <web...@li...>

Hi Jamie - your correct, it appears to be a Quota problem on the server

Here's how far my server guys got today
>>>
The problem is definitely with the quota system. Webmin uses a short perl 
script called "edquota.pl" to simulate the existence of a human-driven 
editor to the proper "edquota" command, but for some reason the script hangs 
badly (and requires a kill -9 to get rid of it).

there is a workaround for this problem (it's fairly involved, 
unfortunately):

- Log into the server via SSH, then add a new user via webmin.

- Wait a few seconds, then run "ps fax | grep edquota.pl" in the shell 
session to find the running edquota.pl process. The output should look 
something like:
<<<<<<<<
12383 ttyp0    S      0:00          \_ grep edquota.pl
12260 ?        R      0:01              \_ /usr/bin/perl 
/usr/local/webmin//quota/edquota.pl /tmp//EdP.aWHoTCe
>>>>>>>>

Ignore the line mentioning grep and note down the PID for the edquota.pl 
(the first number in that line, 12260 in this case) and kill it by running 
"kill -9 12260"

Repeat the "ps fax" and "kill" step (it runs twice) for each user.

The web page should now finish loading.
<<<

Jamie - are you able to make any suggestions as to how we can get over this 
problem

Regards
Martyn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain


> It looks like something has hung just after the user was created..

--- message truncated ---

Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain

[Unknown Q. <web...@un...>]

Hi Jamie - your correct, it appears to be a Quota problem on the server

Here's how far my server guys got today
>>>
The problem is definitely with the quota system. Webmin uses a short perl 
script called "edquota.pl" to simulate the existence of a human-driven 
editor to the proper "edquota" command, but for some reason the script hangs 
badly (and requires a kill -9 to get rid of it).

there is a workaround for this problem (it's fairly involved, 
unfortunately):

- Log into the server via SSH, then add a new user via webmin.

- Wait a few seconds, then run "ps fax | grep edquota.pl" in the shell 
session to find the running edquota.pl process. The output should look 
something like:
<<<<<<<<
12383 ttyp0    S      0:00          \_ grep edquota.pl
12260 ?        R      0:01              \_ /usr/bin/perl 
/usr/local/webmin//quota/edquota.pl /tmp//EdP.aWHoTCe
>>>>>>>>

Ignore the line mentioning grep and note down the PID for the edquota.pl 
(the first number in that line, 12260 in this case) and kill it by running 
"kill -9 12260"

Repeat the "ps fax" and "kill" step (it runs twice) for each user.

The web page should now finish loading.
<<<

Jamie - are you able to make any suggestions as to how we can get over this 
problem

Regards
Martyn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain


> It looks like something has hung just after the user was created..
> This could be the setting of the user's quota, or the creation of his
> mail file.
>
> Which mail server are you using there? Also, cam you set user and group
> quotas OK in Webmin's disk quotas module?
>
> - Jamie
>
> On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 05:16, Unknown Questions wrote:
>> i'm having problems setting up domains with Virtualmin
>>
>> i'm running Debian Linux 3.0
>> with Webmin 1.230
>> and Virtulamin 2.60
>>
>> i've already got nearly 200 domains set-up on this server with Virtulamin
>>
>> however, when i've just tried to create some new domains they have failed 
>> to
>> be set-up
>>
>> e.g. i want to set-up a new domain (lets call it domain.tld)
>>
>>
>> i create a new domain in virtulamin
>>
>> https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/domain_setup.cgi
>>
>> Setting Up Virtual Server
>>
>>
>>
>> In domain domain.tld
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Creating home directory ..
>> .. done
>> Creating Unix group domain.tld ..
>> .. done
>>
>> Creating Unix user domain.tld ..
>> .. done
>>
>>
>> but it just gets this far & hangs
>>
>> i've left it for 10 minutes to see if its a time problem - but nothing 
>> moves
>> on
>>
>>
>> if i go to Virtualmin to see if the domain was set-up anyway - its not
>>
>> https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/search.cgi?field=dom&what=domain.tld
>>
>> Search Results
>>
>>
>> No virtual servers containing domain.tld were found
>>
>>
>>
>> but if i do a search on https://my-server:10000/useradmin/index.cgi
>>
>> then it finds a user called domain.tld
>>
>> and
>>
>> https://my-server:10000/mailboxes/list_mail.cgi?user=domain.tld
>>
>> shows the sendmail inbox
>>
>>
>>
>> so i think - OK lets see if i can import the domain into Virtulamin
>> https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/import_form.cgi
>>
>> shows this result
>>
>>  Import Virtual Server
>>
>>
>> Working out what will be imported ..
>> Can import existing Unix user domain.tld for domain.
>>
>> Can import existing Unix group domain.tld for mailbox users.
>>
>> Can import 1 mailbox users who have the primary group domain.tld.
>>
>> Server is not accepting email for domain domain.tld.
>>
>> No Apache virtual host matching domain.tld was found.
>>
>> Webalizer is not set up for reporting on log file .
>>
>> No BIND DNS domain named domain.tld was found.
>> (that's fine as it wasn't asked to set up the Bind)
>>
>> Logrotate is not set up for log file .
>>
>> No Webmin user for this domain.
>>
>> No unique virtual IP address for this domain.
>>
>>
>>              Are you sure you want to carry out the import actions listed
>> above in bold?
>>
>>
>> i say yes - go ahead
>>
>> Virtulamin says
>>
>> https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/save_domain.cgi
>>
>> Save Server
>>
>>
>>
>> In domain domain.tld
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Modifying Unix user ..
>> .. done
>> Changing Unix quota ..
>>
>>
>> and just hangs again
>>
>> the domain name is not very long
>> (i've also tried to set up 2 other domains with the same failure results)
>>
>> i've tried to set them up from a remote PC running windoze XP
>> i've tried a Firefox & ie6 browser - both fail at the same point
>>
>> does anybody any ideas what has caused this
>> and how it can be fixed
>>
>> Regards
>> Martyn
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [webmin-l] What's up with the Backup

[Martin M. <mm...@me...>]

Hi Mark,

"Mark Rickert" <ma...@li...> wrote:

> Could you please remove me from this list?  I have tried via your website
> but I see no "unsubscribe"  I appreciate your assistance.

If you look at the headers of every eMail sent to this list you will see the 
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So please send a blank eMail to

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RE: [webmin-l] What's up with the Backup

[Mark R. <ma...@li...>]

Cameron,

Could you please remove me from this list?  I have tried via your website
but I see no "unsubscribe"  I appreciate your assistance.

Mark 

-----Original Message-----
From: web...@li...
[mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf Of Jamie
Cameron
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 10:44 PM
To: web...@li...
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] What's up with the Backup

Hi Vern,
There appears to be a bug in the EXT dump program that causes this when
doing a backup over SSH when a password is needed. The work-arounds are to
either use a TAR format backup, or set up SSH to do RSA authentication so
that it doesn't ask for a password.

 - Jamie

-----Original Message-----

From:  "Vern" <ve...@cw...>
Subj:  [webmin-l] What's up with the Backup
Date:  Tue 11 Oct 2005 1:05 pm
Size:  694 bytes
To:  "Webmin List" <web...@li...>

Trying to use the backup module to another server and I keep getting the
following 
over and over, with no error message:


root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 

Any ideas?


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Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog

[Grant P. <gp...@th...>]

Looks like I will give logrotate a call! Thanks all!

-Grant

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog


Hi Grant,
That file format looks completely different to the one used by logrotate 
unfortunately, so at the moment there is no way you can use Webmin to 
configure newsyslog.

However, you could install logrotate instead, which looks to be more 
powerful, and is supported by Webmin.

 - Jamie

-----Original Message-----

From:  "Grant Peel" <gp...@th...>
Subj:  Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog
Date:  Mon 10 Oct 2005 11:47 pm
Size:  3K
To:  <web...@li...>

Here is a sample of newsyslog.conf ... it is read by the newsyslog utility
which is triggered each 1 minute via cron. fields 5 and 6 are the rules, and
determine if the log is rotated. 'syslog' is the c utility that actually
writes the logfile, rules for that are in /etc/syslog.conf.

# logfilename          [owner:group]    mode count size when  flags
[/pid_file] [sig_num]
/var/log/cron                           600  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/amd.log                        644  7     100  *     Z
/var/log/auth.log                       600  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/kerberos.log                   600  7     100  *     Z
/var/log/lpd-errs                       644  7     100  *     Z
/var/log/maillog                        640  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/sendmail.st                    640  10    *    168   B
/var/log/messages                       644  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/all.log                        600  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/slip.log       root:network    640  3     100  *     Z

I don't know what logrotate looks like, never used it!

-Grant

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog


> Hi Grant,
>
> Does newsyslog use the exact same config file format as logrotate? If
> so, then perhaps I could update the logrotate module .. otherwise, it
> would be touger.
>
> Actually, from the name it sounds like newsyslog is a replacement for
> syslog, rather than for logrotate..
>
> - Jamie
>
> On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 22:17, Grant Peel wrote:
>> Hi Jamie,
>>
>> Is there any change we can coerce you into updateting the Logrotate
>> module
>> so it will work with FreeBSD's newsyslog utility. It is very close to
>> working, but it has no --version switch, so logrotate craps out when it
>> try
>> to get it (-v actually means verbose).
>>
>> -Grant
>>
>> Logrotate output ...
>>
>> Failed to get the version of logrotate with the command
>> /usr/sbin/newsyslog -v :
>> /var/log/cron <3Z>: --> will trim at Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 2005
>> /var/log/amd.log <3Z>: does not exist.
>> /var/log/kerberos.log <3Z>: does not exist.
>> ...Manpage - FreeBSD 5.4 - newsyslogdefiant# man newsyslogFormatting
>> page,
>> please wait...Done.NEWSYSLOG(8)            FreeBSD System Manager's
>> Manual
>> NEWSYSLOG(8)NAME     newsyslog -- maintain system log files to manageable
>> sizesSYNOPSIS     newsyslog [-CFnrsv] [-R tagname] [-a directory] [-f
>> config_file]               [file ...]DESCRIPTION     The newsyslog
>> utility
>> should be scheduled to run periodically by cron(8).     When it is
>> executed
>> it archives log files if necessary.  If a log file is     determined to
>> require archiving, newsyslog rearranges the files so that     ``logfile''
>> is
>> empty, ``logfile.0'' has the last period's logs in it,     ``logfile.1''
>> has
>> the next to last period's logs in it, and so on, up to     a
>> user-specified
>> number of archived logs.  Optionally the archived logs     can be
>> compressed
>> to save space.     A log can be archived for three reasons:           1.
>> It is larger than the configured size (in kilobytes).           2.   A
>> configured number of hours have elapsed since the log was
>> last archived.           3.   This is the specific configured hour for
>> rotation of the log.     The granularity of newsyslog is dependent on how
>> often it is scheduled to     run by cron(8).  Since the program is quite
>> fast, it may be scheduled to     run every hour without any ill effects,

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Re: [webmin-l] What's up with the Backup

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

Hi Vern,
There appears to be a bug in the EXT dump program that causes this when doing a backup over SSH when a password is needed. The work-arounds are to either use a TAR format backup, or set up SSH to do RSA authentication so that it doesn't ask for a password.

 - Jamie

-----Original Message-----

From:  "Vern" <ve...@cw...>
Subj:  [webmin-l] What's up with the Backup
Date:  Tue 11 Oct 2005 1:05 pm
Size:  694 bytes
To:  "Webmin List" <web...@li...>

Trying to use the backup module to another server and I keep getting the following 
over and over, with no error message:


root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 

Any ideas?


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[webmin-l] What's up with the Backup

[Vern <ve...@cw...>]

Trying to use the backup module to another server and I keep getting the following 
over and over, with no error message:


root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 
root@192.168.0.142's password: 

Any ideas?

Re: [webmin-l] How to stop DHCP server

[Kyosuke K. <kir...@ma...>]

Craig and Jamie,

Thank you for your help.
I succeeded to stop DHCP server by login as root and doing the way to be
mentioned.

I expect the next release as to the way to stop DHCP server on DHCP
server page.

Thank you.
Kyosuke


On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 22:51:00 1000
Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:

> This is really a missing feature in Webmin .. there is no button for stopping the DHCP server at the moment. However, I will add it in the next release ..
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From:  Kyosuke Kirimoto <kir...@ma...>
> Subj:  [webmin-l] How to stop DHCP server
> Date:  Fri 7 Oct 2005 5:56 pm
> Size:  793 bytes
> To:  web...@li...
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Could anyone tell me how to stop DHCP server with Webmin, not on console?
> 
> I could start DHCP server with Webmin by just pushing "Start Server"
> button, however cannot find any button to stop the server.
> 
> Webmin must be able to stop DHCP server, since it can start the server.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kyosuke
> 
> ______________________
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> 
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Re: [webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain

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

It looks like something has hung just after the user was created..
This could be the setting of the user's quota, or the creation of his
mail file.

Which mail server are you using there? Also, cam you set user and group
quotas OK in Webmin's disk quotas module?

 - Jamie

On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 05:16, Unknown Questions wrote:
> i'm having problems setting up domains with Virtualmin
> 
> i'm running Debian Linux 3.0
> with Webmin 1.230
> and Virtulamin 2.60
> 
> i've already got nearly 200 domains set-up on this server with Virtulamin
> 
> however, when i've just tried to create some new domains they have failed to 
> be set-up
> 
> e.g. i want to set-up a new domain (lets call it domain.tld)
> 
> 
> i create a new domain in virtulamin
> 
> https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/domain_setup.cgi
> 
> Setting Up Virtual Server
> 
> 
> 
> In domain domain.tld
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Creating home directory ..
> .. done
> Creating Unix group domain.tld ..
> .. done
> 
> Creating Unix user domain.tld ..
> .. done
> 
> 
> but it just gets this far & hangs
> 
> i've left it for 10 minutes to see if its a time problem - but nothing moves 
> on
> 
> 
> if i go to Virtualmin to see if the domain was set-up anyway - its not
> 
> https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/search.cgi?field=dom&what=domain.tld
> 
> Search Results
> 
> 
> No virtual servers containing domain.tld were found
> 
> 
> 
> but if i do a search on https://my-server:10000/useradmin/index.cgi
> 
> then it finds a user called domain.tld
> 
> and
> 
> https://my-server:10000/mailboxes/list_mail.cgi?user=domain.tld
> 
> shows the sendmail inbox
> 
> 
> 
> so i think - OK lets see if i can import the domain into Virtulamin
> https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/import_form.cgi
> 
> shows this result
> 
>  Import Virtual Server
> 
> 
> Working out what will be imported ..
> Can import existing Unix user domain.tld for domain.
> 
> Can import existing Unix group domain.tld for mailbox users.
> 
> Can import 1 mailbox users who have the primary group domain.tld.
> 
> Server is not accepting email for domain domain.tld.
> 
> No Apache virtual host matching domain.tld was found.
> 
> Webalizer is not set up for reporting on log file .
> 
> No BIND DNS domain named domain.tld was found.
> (that's fine as it wasn't asked to set up the Bind)
> 
> Logrotate is not set up for log file .
> 
> No Webmin user for this domain.
> 
> No unique virtual IP address for this domain.
> 
> 
>              Are you sure you want to carry out the import actions listed 
> above in bold?
> 
> 
> i say yes - go ahead
> 
> Virtulamin says
> 
> https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/save_domain.cgi
> 
> Save Server
> 
> 
> 
> In domain domain.tld
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Modifying Unix user ..
> .. done
> Changing Unix quota ..
> 
> 
> and just hangs again
> 
> the domain name is not very long
> (i've also tried to set up 2 other domains with the same failure results)
> 
> i've tried to set them up from a remote PC running windoze XP
> i've tried a Firefox & ie6 browser - both fail at the same point
> 
> does anybody any ideas what has caused this
> and how it can be fixed
> 
> Regards
> Martyn
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog

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

Hi Grant,
That file format looks completely different to the one used by logrotate unfortunately, so at the moment there is no way you can use Webmin to configure newsyslog.

However, you could install logrotate instead, which looks to be more powerful, and is supported by Webmin.

 - Jamie

-----Original Message-----

From:  "Grant Peel" <gp...@th...>
Subj:  Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog
Date:  Mon 10 Oct 2005 11:47 pm
Size:  3K
To:  <web...@li...>

Here is a sample of newsyslog.conf ... it is read by the newsyslog utility 
which is triggered each 1 minute via cron. fields 5 and 6 are the rules, and 
determine if the log is rotated. 'syslog' is the c utility that actually 
writes the logfile, rules for that are in /etc/syslog.conf.

# logfilename          [owner:group]    mode count size when  flags 
[/pid_file] [sig_num]
/var/log/cron                           600  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/amd.log                        644  7     100  *     Z
/var/log/auth.log                       600  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/kerberos.log                   600  7     100  *     Z
/var/log/lpd-errs                       644  7     100  *     Z
/var/log/maillog                        640  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/sendmail.st                    640  10    *    168   B
/var/log/messages                       644  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/all.log                        600  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/slip.log       root:network    640  3     100  *     Z

I don't know what logrotate looks like, never used it!

-Grant

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog


> Hi Grant,
>
> Does newsyslog use the exact same config file format as logrotate? If
> so, then perhaps I could update the logrotate module .. otherwise, it
> would be touger.
>
> Actually, from the name it sounds like newsyslog is a replacement for
> syslog, rather than for logrotate..
>
> - Jamie
>
> On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 22:17, Grant Peel wrote:
>> Hi Jamie,
>>
>> Is there any change we can coerce you into updateting the Logrotate 
>> module
>> so it will work with FreeBSD's newsyslog utility. It is very close to
>> working, but it has no --version switch, so logrotate craps out when it 
>> try
>> to get it (-v actually means verbose).
>>
>> -Grant
>>
>> Logrotate output ...
>>
>> Failed to get the version of logrotate with the command
>> /usr/sbin/newsyslog -v :
>> /var/log/cron <3Z>: --> will trim at Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 2005
>> /var/log/amd.log <3Z>: does not exist.
>> /var/log/kerberos.log <3Z>: does not exist.
>> ...Manpage - FreeBSD 5.4 - newsyslogdefiant# man newsyslogFormatting 
>> page,
>> please wait...Done.NEWSYSLOG(8)            FreeBSD System Manager's 
>> Manual
>> NEWSYSLOG(8)NAME     newsyslog -- maintain system log files to manageable
>> sizesSYNOPSIS     newsyslog [-CFnrsv] [-R tagname] [-a directory] [-f
>> config_file]               [file ...]DESCRIPTION     The newsyslog 
>> utility
>> should be scheduled to run periodically by cron(8).     When it is 
>> executed
>> it archives log files if necessary.  If a log file is     determined to
>> require archiving, newsyslog rearranges the files so that     ``logfile'' 
>> is
>> empty, ``logfile.0'' has the last period's logs in it,     ``logfile.1'' 
>> has
>> the next to last period's logs in it, and so on, up to     a 
>> user-specified
>> number of archived logs.  Optionally the archived logs     can be 
>> compressed
>> to save space.     A log can be archived for three reasons:           1.
>> It is larger than the configured size (in kilobytes).           2.   A
>> configured number of hours have elapsed since the log was
>> last archived.           3.   This is the specific configured hour for
>> rotation of the log.     The granularity of newsyslog is dependent on how
>> often it is scheduled to     run by cron(8).  Since the program is quite
>> fast, it may be scheduled to     run every hour without any ill effects, 

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[webmin-l] Problems with Virtualmin - will not setup domain

[Unknown Q. <web...@un...>]

i'm having problems setting up domains with Virtualmin

i'm running Debian Linux 3.0
with Webmin 1.230
and Virtulamin 2.60

i've already got nearly 200 domains set-up on this server with Virtulamin

however, when i've just tried to create some new domains they have failed to 
be set-up

e.g. i want to set-up a new domain (lets call it domain.tld)


i create a new domain in virtulamin

https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/domain_setup.cgi

Setting Up Virtual Server



In domain domain.tld

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Creating home directory ..
.. done
Creating Unix group domain.tld ..
.. done

Creating Unix user domain.tld ..
.. done


but it just gets this far & hangs

i've left it for 10 minutes to see if its a time problem - but nothing moves 
on


if i go to Virtualmin to see if the domain was set-up anyway - its not

https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/search.cgi?field=dom&what=domain.tld

Search Results


No virtual servers containing domain.tld were found



but if i do a search on https://my-server:10000/useradmin/index.cgi

then it finds a user called domain.tld

and

https://my-server:10000/mailboxes/list_mail.cgi?user=domain.tld

shows the sendmail inbox



so i think - OK lets see if i can import the domain into Virtulamin
https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/import_form.cgi

shows this result

 Import Virtual Server


Working out what will be imported ..
Can import existing Unix user domain.tld for domain.

Can import existing Unix group domain.tld for mailbox users.

Can import 1 mailbox users who have the primary group domain.tld.

Server is not accepting email for domain domain.tld.

No Apache virtual host matching domain.tld was found.

Webalizer is not set up for reporting on log file .

No BIND DNS domain named domain.tld was found.
(that's fine as it wasn't asked to set up the Bind)

Logrotate is not set up for log file .

No Webmin user for this domain.

No unique virtual IP address for this domain.


             Are you sure you want to carry out the import actions listed 
above in bold?


i say yes - go ahead

Virtulamin says

https://my-server:10000/virtual-server/save_domain.cgi

Save Server



In domain domain.tld

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Modifying Unix user ..
.. done
Changing Unix quota ..


and just hangs again

the domain name is not very long
(i've also tried to set up 2 other domains with the same failure results)

i've tried to set them up from a remote PC running windoze XP
i've tried a Firefox & ie6 browser - both fail at the same point

does anybody any ideas what has caused this
and how it can be fixed

Regards
Martyn

Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog

[Joe C. <jo...@sw...>]

Grant Peel wrote:
> Here is a sample of newsyslog.conf ... it is read by the newsyslog 
> utility which is triggered each 1 minute via cron. fields 5 and 6 are 
> the rules, and determine if the log is rotated. 'syslog' is the c 
> utility that actually writes the logfile, rules for that are in 
> /etc/syslog.conf.
> 
> # logfilename          [owner:group]    mode count size when  flags 
> [/pid_file] [sig_num]
> /var/log/cron                           600  14    *    $D00  Z
> /var/log/amd.log                        644  7     100  *     Z
> /var/log/auth.log                       600  14    *    $D00  Z
> /var/log/kerberos.log                   600  7     100  *     Z
> /var/log/lpd-errs                       644  7     100  *     Z
> /var/log/maillog                        640  14    *    $D00  Z
> /var/log/sendmail.st                    640  10    *    168   B
> /var/log/messages                       644  14    *    $D00  Z
> /var/log/all.log                        600  14    *    $D00  Z
> /var/log/slip.log       root:network    640  3     100  *     Z
> 
> I don't know what logrotate looks like, never used it!

It definitely doesn't look like that!  ;-)

Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog

[Grant P. <gp...@th...>]

Here is a sample of newsyslog.conf ... it is read by the newsyslog utility 
which is triggered each 1 minute via cron. fields 5 and 6 are the rules, and 
determine if the log is rotated. 'syslog' is the c utility that actually 
writes the logfile, rules for that are in /etc/syslog.conf.

# logfilename          [owner:group]    mode count size when  flags 
[/pid_file] [sig_num]
/var/log/cron                           600  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/amd.log                        644  7     100  *     Z
/var/log/auth.log                       600  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/kerberos.log                   600  7     100  *     Z
/var/log/lpd-errs                       644  7     100  *     Z
/var/log/maillog                        640  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/sendmail.st                    640  10    *    168   B
/var/log/messages                       644  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/all.log                        600  14    *    $D00  Z
/var/log/slip.log       root:network    640  3     100  *     Z

I don't know what logrotate looks like, never used it!

-Grant

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog


> Hi Grant,
>
> Does newsyslog use the exact same config file format as logrotate? If
> so, then perhaps I could update the logrotate module .. otherwise, it
> would be touger.
>
> Actually, from the name it sounds like newsyslog is a replacement for
> syslog, rather than for logrotate..
>
> - Jamie
>
> On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 22:17, Grant Peel wrote:
>> Hi Jamie,
>>
>> Is there any change we can coerce you into updateting the Logrotate 
>> module
>> so it will work with FreeBSD's newsyslog utility. It is very close to
>> working, but it has no --version switch, so logrotate craps out when it 
>> try
>> to get it (-v actually means verbose).
>>
>> -Grant
>>
>> Logrotate output ...
>>
>> Failed to get the version of logrotate with the command
>> /usr/sbin/newsyslog -v :
>> /var/log/cron <3Z>: --> will trim at Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 2005
>> /var/log/amd.log <3Z>: does not exist.
>> /var/log/kerberos.log <3Z>: does not exist.
>> ...Manpage - FreeBSD 5.4 - newsyslogdefiant# man newsyslogFormatting 
>> page,
>> please wait...Done.NEWSYSLOG(8)            FreeBSD System Manager's 
>> Manual
>> NEWSYSLOG(8)NAME     newsyslog -- maintain system log files to manageable
>> sizesSYNOPSIS     newsyslog [-CFnrsv] [-R tagname] [-a directory] [-f
>> config_file]               [file ...]DESCRIPTION     The newsyslog 
>> utility
>> should be scheduled to run periodically by cron(8).     When it is 
>> executed
>> it archives log files if necessary.  If a log file is     determined to
>> require archiving, newsyslog rearranges the files so that     ``logfile'' 
>> is
>> empty, ``logfile.0'' has the last period's logs in it,     ``logfile.1'' 
>> has
>> the next to last period's logs in it, and so on, up to     a 
>> user-specified
>> number of archived logs.  Optionally the archived logs     can be 
>> compressed
>> to save space.     A log can be archived for three reasons:           1.
>> It is larger than the configured size (in kilobytes).           2.   A
>> configured number of hours have elapsed since the log was
>> last archived.           3.   This is the specific configured hour for
>> rotation of the log.     The granularity of newsyslog is dependent on how
>> often it is scheduled to     run by cron(8).  Since the program is quite
>> fast, it may be scheduled to     run every hour without any ill effects, 
>> and
>> mode three (above) assumes     that this is so.OPTIONS     The following
>> options can be used with newsyslog:     -f config_file 
>> Instruct
>> newsyslog to use config_file instead of             /etc/newsyslog.conf 
>> for
>> its configuration file.     -a directory             Specify a directory
>> into which archived log files will be writ-             ten.  If a 
>> relative
>> path is given, it is appended to the path of             each log file 
>> and
>> the resulting path is used as the directory             into which the
>> archived log for that log file will be written.             If an 
>> absolute
>> path is given, all archived logs are written into             the given
>> directory.  If any component of the path directory does             not
>> exist, it will be created when newsyslog is run.     -v      Place 
>> newsyslog
>> in verbose mode.  In this mode it will print out             each log and
>> its reasons for either trimming that log or skipping 
>>         it.     -n
>> Cause newsyslog not to trim the logs, but to print out what it
>> would do if this option were not specified.     -r      Remove the
>> restriction that newsyslog must be running as root.             Of 
>> course,
>> newsyslog will not be able to send a HUP signal to             syslogd(8) 
>> so
>> this option should only be used in debugging.     -s      Specify that
>> newsyslog should not send any signals to any daemon             processes
>> that it would normally signal when rotating a log file.             For 
>> any
>> log file which is rotated, this option will usually also             mean
>> the rotated log file will not be compressed if there is a 
>> daemon
>> which would have been signalled without this option.  How- 
>> ever,
>> this option is most likely to be useful when specified with
>>             the -R option, and in that case the compression will be
>> .     -C      If specified once, then newsyslog will create any log files
>> which             do not exist, and which have the C flag specified in 
>> their
>> config             file entry.  If specified multiple times, then 
>> newsyslog
>> will             create all log files which do not already exist.  If log
>> files             are given on the command-line, then the -C or -CC will
>> only apply             to those specific log files.     -F      Force
>> newsyslog to trim the logs, even if the trim conditions             have 
>> not
>> been met.  This option is useful for diagnosing system 
>> problems
>> by providing you with fresh logs that contain only the
>>         problems.     -R tagname             Specify that newsyslog 
>> should
>> rotate a given list of files, even             if trim conditions are not
>> met for those files.  The tagname is             only used in the 
>> messages
>> written to the log files which are             rotated.  This differs 
>> from
>> the -F option in that one or more log             files must also be
>> specified, so that newsyslog will only operate             on those 
>> specific
>> files.  This option is mainly intended for the             daemons or
>> programs which write some log files, and want to trig-             ger a
>> rotate based on their own criteria.  With this option they 
>> can
>> execute newsyslog to trigger the rotate when they want it to
>> happen, and still give the system administrator a way to specify
>> the rules of rotation (such as how many backup copies are kept,
>> and what kind of compression is done).  When a daemon does exe-
>> cute newsyslog with the -R option, it should make sure all of the
>> log files are closed before calling newsyslog, and then it should
>> re-open the files after newsyslog returns.  Usually the calling
>> process will also want to specify the -s option, so newsyslog
>> will not send a signal to the very process which called it to
>> force the rotate.  Skipping the signal step will also mean that
>> newsyslog will return faster, since newsyslog normally waits a
>> few seconds after any signal that is sent.     If additional command line
>> arguments are given, newsyslog will only exam-     ine log files that 
>> match
>> those arguments; otherwise, it will examine all     files listed in the
>> configuration file.FILES     /etc/newsyslog.conf      newsyslog
>> configuration fileBUGS     Doesn't yet automatically read the logs to 
>> find
>> security breaches.AUTHORS     Theodore Ts'o, MIT Project Athena
>> Copyright 1987, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCOMPATIBILITY
>> Previous versions of the newsyslog utility used the dot (``.'') character
>> to distinguish the group name.  Beginning with FreeBSD 3.3, this has been
>> changed to a colon (``:'') character so that user and group names may
>> contain the dot character.  The dot (``.'') character is still accepted
>> for backwards compatibility.SEE ALSO     bzip(1), gzip(1), syslog(3),
>> newsyslog.conf(5), chown(8), syslogd(8)HISTORY     The newsyslog utility
>> originated from NetBSD and first appeared in     FreeBSD 2.2.FreeBSD 5.4
>> February 24, 2005                   FreeBSD 5.4
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Re: [webmin-l] Logrotate - Newsyslog

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

Hi Grant,

Does newsyslog use the exact same config file format as logrotate? If
so, then perhaps I could update the logrotate module .. otherwise, it
would be touger.

Actually, from the name it sounds like newsyslog is a replacement for
syslog, rather than for logrotate..

 - Jamie

On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 22:17, Grant Peel wrote:
> Hi Jamie,
> 
> Is there any change we can coerce you into updateting the Logrotate module 
> so it will work with FreeBSD's newsyslog utility. It is very close to 
> working, but it has no --version switch, so logrotate craps out when it try 
> to get it (-v actually means verbose).
> 
> -Grant
> 
> Logrotate output ...
> 
> Failed to get the version of logrotate with the command 
> /usr/sbin/newsyslog -v :
> /var/log/cron <3Z>: --> will trim at Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 2005
> /var/log/amd.log <3Z>: does not exist.
> /var/log/kerberos.log <3Z>: does not exist.
> ...Manpage - FreeBSD 5.4 - newsyslogdefiant# man newsyslogFormatting page, 
> please wait...Done.NEWSYSLOG(8)            FreeBSD System Manager's Manual 
> NEWSYSLOG(8)NAME     newsyslog -- maintain system log files to manageable 
> sizesSYNOPSIS     newsyslog [-CFnrsv] [-R tagname] [-a directory] [-f 
> config_file]               [file ...]DESCRIPTION     The newsyslog utility 
> should be scheduled to run periodically by cron(8).     When it is executed 
> it archives log files if necessary.  If a log file is     determined to 
> require archiving, newsyslog rearranges the files so that     ``logfile'' is 
> empty, ``logfile.0'' has the last period's logs in it,     ``logfile.1'' has 
> the next to last period's logs in it, and so on, up to     a user-specified 
> number of archived logs.  Optionally the archived logs     can be compressed 
> to save space.     A log can be archived for three reasons:           1. 
> It is larger than the configured size (in kilobytes).           2.   A 
> configured number of hours have elapsed since the log was 
> last archived.           3.   This is the specific configured hour for 
> rotation of the log.     The granularity of newsyslog is dependent on how 
> often it is scheduled to     run by cron(8).  Since the program is quite 
> fast, it may be scheduled to     run every hour without any ill effects, and 
> mode three (above) assumes     that this is so.OPTIONS     The following 
> options can be used with newsyslog:     -f config_file             Instruct 
> newsyslog to use config_file instead of             /etc/newsyslog.conf for 
> its configuration file.     -a directory             Specify a directory 
> into which archived log files will be writ-             ten.  If a relative 
> path is given, it is appended to the path of             each log file and 
> the resulting path is used as the directory             into which the 
> archived log for that log file will be written.             If an absolute 
> path is given, all archived logs are written into             the given 
> directory.  If any component of the path directory does             not 
> exist, it will be created when newsyslog is run.     -v      Place newsyslog 
> in verbose mode.  In this mode it will print out             each log and 
> its reasons for either trimming that log or skipping             it.     -n 
> Cause newsyslog not to trim the logs, but to print out what it 
> would do if this option were not specified.     -r      Remove the 
> restriction that newsyslog must be running as root.             Of course, 
> newsyslog will not be able to send a HUP signal to             syslogd(8) so 
> this option should only be used in debugging.     -s      Specify that 
> newsyslog should not send any signals to any daemon             processes 
> that it would normally signal when rotating a log file.             For any 
> log file which is rotated, this option will usually also             mean 
> the rotated log file will not be compressed if there is a             daemon 
> which would have been signalled without this option.  How-             ever, 
> this option is most likely to be useful when specified with 
>             the -R option, and in that case the compression will be 
> .     -C      If specified once, then newsyslog will create any log files 
> which             do not exist, and which have the C flag specified in their 
> config             file entry.  If specified multiple times, then newsyslog 
> will             create all log files which do not already exist.  If log 
> files             are given on the command-line, then the -C or -CC will 
> only apply             to those specific log files.     -F      Force 
> newsyslog to trim the logs, even if the trim conditions             have not 
> been met.  This option is useful for diagnosing system             problems 
> by providing you with fresh logs that contain only the 
>         problems.     -R tagname             Specify that newsyslog should 
> rotate a given list of files, even             if trim conditions are not 
> met for those files.  The tagname is             only used in the messages 
> written to the log files which are             rotated.  This differs from 
> the -F option in that one or more log             files must also be 
> specified, so that newsyslog will only operate             on those specific 
> files.  This option is mainly intended for the             daemons or 
> programs which write some log files, and want to trig-             ger a 
> rotate based on their own criteria.  With this option they             can 
> execute newsyslog to trigger the rotate when they want it to 
> happen, and still give the system administrator a way to specify 
> the rules of rotation (such as how many backup copies are kept, 
> and what kind of compression is done).  When a daemon does exe- 
> cute newsyslog with the -R option, it should make sure all of the 
> log files are closed before calling newsyslog, and then it should 
> re-open the files after newsyslog returns.  Usually the calling 
> process will also want to specify the -s option, so newsyslog 
> will not send a signal to the very process which called it to 
> force the rotate.  Skipping the signal step will also mean that 
> newsyslog will return faster, since newsyslog normally waits a 
> few seconds after any signal that is sent.     If additional command line 
> arguments are given, newsyslog will only exam-     ine log files that match 
> those arguments; otherwise, it will examine all     files listed in the 
> configuration file.FILES     /etc/newsyslog.conf      newsyslog 
> configuration fileBUGS     Doesn't yet automatically read the logs to find 
> security breaches.AUTHORS     Theodore Ts'o, MIT Project Athena 
> Copyright 1987, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCOMPATIBILITY 
> Previous versions of the newsyslog utility used the dot (``.'') character 
> to distinguish the group name.  Beginning with FreeBSD 3.3, this has been 
> changed to a colon (``:'') character so that user and group names may 
> contain the dot character.  The dot (``.'') character is still accepted 
> for backwards compatibility.SEE ALSO     bzip(1), gzip(1), syslog(3), 
> newsyslog.conf(5), chown(8), syslogd(8)HISTORY     The newsyslog utility 
> originated from NetBSD and first appeared in     FreeBSD 2.2.FreeBSD 5.4 
> February 24, 2005                   FreeBSD 5.4