Re: FC5: logrotate failure (inconsistent date in logrotate.status)

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wwp wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> 
> seems that logrotate (logrotate-3.7.3-2.2.1) fails here for weeks, as I see
> abnormally growing logs. /var/log/messages shows:
> 
> logrotate: ALERT exited abnormally with [1]
> 
> 
> I wonder if that's related, but launching `logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf`
> manually tells me:
> 
> error: bad year 1932 for file /var/log/cups/access_log in state file /var/lib/logrotate.status
> 
> 
> I can see many lines in /var/lib/logrotate.status that show such 1932-date.
> This status file itself is dated from 1932-10-25. Any idea wow could I fix
> that w/o breaking anything?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
I am not sure it will work, but what I would try is to backup
/var/lib/logrotate.status. Then create an empty file, and run logrotate.


mv /var/lib/logrotate.status /var/lib/logrotate.status.backup
touch /var/lib/logrotate.status
logrotate

Mikkel
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  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

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