-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/25/2011 12:23 AM, Andre Speelmans wrote: >> It sounds like fail2ban still has the old log file open. You need to >> have logrotate tell fail2ban that the log file has changed. > > Change the config file for logrotate so that it does not create a new > file, but that it uses copy-and-truncate. The exact syntax is easily > found in the man-page. > >> Logrotate already does this will other services when it rotates >> their log file. I am surprised the .rpm did not include the files >> for logrotate to automatically sent the proper signal to fail2ban. > > /var/log/secure is not a daemon specific file, but a general log-file > and as such does not have a (daemon-) specific rpm. And a general file > can't send signals to all kinds of daemons that may, or may not run on > a system. I was referring to the fail2ban RPM. This has to be a problem for just about any installation that uses logrotate. Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk6mu58ACgkQqbQrVW3JyMQW3QCeJqMJhzTQ6iEsAt8Yo/b5h1Yo ax4AmwVlI7NSLBXarL243k/YJEwl1fWi =xXE+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
