Vsftpd rotate logs with newsyslog...

Ruben de Groot mail25 at bzerk.org
Wed Jun 18 08:37:04 UTC 2008


Hi Agustin,

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 03:52:55PM -0300, Agus typed:
> Hi fellows...
> 
> I am wanting to rotate logs for vsftpd using newsyslog.......My question is,
> does vsftpd needs to get the HUP or any signal after rotation?
> I run it from inetd so i guess the HUP should be sent to inetd.pid right?

No, when run from inetd, no HUP is needed. New instances of vsftpd spawned 
by inetd will automatically log to the new logfile.

> Well, i take this opportunity also to ask about Apache too....which signal
> should i send?

A HUP signal should work for apache.

regards,
Ruben


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