newbie: newsyslog ssl_engine_log rotation

[Garance A Drosihn]

At 12:17 PM -0800 5/5/03, admin wrote:
>On Mon, 5 May 2003, Garance A Drosihn wrote
>  > At 9:51 AM -0800 5/5/03, admin wrote:
>  > >here is the /etc/newsyslog.conf entry
>>  >
>>  >--- snip ---
>>  >
>>  >/var/log/ssl_engine_log                 640  10    @T00  *     Z
>>  >/var/run/httpd.pid 30
>>  >
>  > >--- snip ---
>
>
>
>newsyslog claims its skipping the file.  can you explain
>why this behavior is happening?
>
>
>--- snip ---
>
>typhoon# newsyslog -nv | grep ssl
>/var/log/ssl_engine_log <10Z>: --> skipping
>
>--- snip ---

Okay, I think I see what is happening.  But if I'm right, then I
need to change newsyslog to be a bit more helpful with error msgs.

The fields in newsyslog.conf are:
# logfilename  [owner:group]  mode  count  size  when  flags ...

So, your entry is asking for
     mode    640
     count    10
     size   @T00      <- oops
     when      *

I think you want to switch the @T00 and * fields.  Once you do,
it will only be rotated for the midnight-run of newsyslog, so
the 'newsyslog -nv' will still do nothing.  But it should at
least have a better summary-message, and newsyslog should do
the right thing when it is run at midnight.

-- 
Garance Alistair Drosehn            =   gad at gilead.netel.rpi.edu
Senior Systems Programmer           or  gad at freebsd.org
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute    or  drosih at rpi.edu