RE: [cobalt-security] Need some help on "spam" report

["Bob Noordam" <mac@xxxxxxxx>]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: cobalt-security-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-security-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Jay Summers
> Verzonden: dinsdag 20 april 2004 21:48
> Aan: cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Onderwerp: Re: [cobalt-security] Need some help on "spam" report
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 02:29  PM, Chuck Lewis wrote:
>
> > Login with telnet
> > type; pico -w /etc/logrotate.conf
> > change the line "rotate 4" into say "rotate 60"
> > hit ctrl-x to exit, save changes
> >
> > This will keep your logs for 60 days, the comment line
> above stating
> > 'keep
> > logs 4 weeks' suggest that the value is the number of weeks. That is
> > incorrect, it IS the number of days.
>
> That is incorrect. rotate 4 specifies how many rotations to
> go through
> before a log file is deleted. From man logrotate:
>

apology's my post was incorrect and too hasty indeed. rotate 60 will give
you 60 logfiles, containing 1 weeks entry's each. [ never noticed i kept
logs that long :) ]

Bob.