-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:26:58 -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote: > > > The /var/log/lastlog file on my RH 8 install seems to be growing > > > without limit. > > > > Really? How large is it? Run > > > > du -h /var/log/lastlog > > > > to find out. > > I moved it last night until I had time to check it out. > > [admin@www admin]$ ls -alh /var/log/last* > -r-------- 1 root root 143K Jan 24 07:59 > /var/log/lastlog-r-------- 1 root root 18M Jan 23 > 20:22 /var/log/lastlog.1 > > [admin@www admin]$ du -h /var/log/lastlog.1 > 48K /var/log/lastlog.1 > > [admin@www admin]$ du -h /var/log/lastlog > 12K /var/log/lastlog > > Somehow 48K <> 18M and 143K <> 12K; sorta inconsistent? > > Which is correct? "du" is, because lastlog is a file with sparse blocks. > Notwithstanding this difference, where in the logrotate scheme of > things does lastlog get rotated? It is not rotated. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+MXlD0iMVcrivHFQRAl5lAJ4lWacogGCoiD6sP5wD0g3vl1ItgQCdEGbN 90RiDDBRW4UkVs44OzghzRs= =beAe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
