Limiting the size of syslogd output files using options in syslog.conf

[Michael Sierchio]

Apologies, but I don't understand the point of this at all.  I object
especially to idea of patching syslogd when EVERYTHING you seek can be
accomplished with appropriate settings in /etc/newsyslog.conf and changing
its entry in /etc/crontab to run more frequently. You can control the size
and number of files there.

You can also do remote syslog.

Do you need to rotate logs more than once per minute?



On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 3:25 PM Ian Lepore <ian at freebsd.org> wrote:

> I've posted a review of a small syslogd change which lets you set a
> limit on the size of syslogd output files in /etc/syslog.conf.  The
> idea is to prevent filling up a filesystem on emmc or sdcard or other
> small storage device on an embedded system with unexpected logging
> triggered by some error or failing hardware.
>
> If you're interested, please see the review at
>
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20764
>
> -- Ian
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