93270 – syslogd: Log rotation IS included by default

Bug 93270 - syslogd: Log rotation IS included by default

Summary: syslogd: Log rotation IS included by default

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Gentoo Security Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)

URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-s...
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Reported:	2005-05-19 16:43 UTC by Eric Pretorious
Modified:	2005-05-23 12:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Eric Pretorious 2005-05-19 16:43:15 UTC

The Gentoo Linux Security Guide 
(http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-security.xml) erroneously reports that 
"Syslogd is the most common logger for Linux and Unix in general. It does not 
come with log rotation." syslogd (i.e., admin-apps/syskogd) DOES handle 
rotating it's own log files via syslogd-listfiles 
(/etc/cron.daily/syslog.cron).  

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
N/A  
Actual Results:  
N/A  

Expected Results:  
N/A 

/etc/cron.daily/syslog.cron & syslogd-listfiles are UN-DOCUMENTED features of 
syslogd.

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-23 12:42:19 UTC

Fixed in CVS. Thanks for reporting!