newsyslogd / pflogd : daily logfiles for pf

[Motty Cruz]

Hi Ruben, not sure if it would be of any help, this is how I rotate logs
in newsyslog.conf

/var/log/sftp.log            600  7     *    @T00  JC
/var/log/ftp.log            600  7     *    @T00  JC

regardless of size.



On 07/30/2018 08:12 AM, Ruben wrote:
>
> Hi List,
>
>
> I'm running PF on some FreeBSD 11.x installs and I would very much
> like to have daily logfiles containing the entries that land up in the
> pflog device. I'm having trouble switching from "max size" rotation to
> "once a day, regardless of size" rotation.
>
>
>
> My pflog entry in /etc/newsyslog.conf looked like this:
>
> /var/log/pflog      600  3    100    @T00 JB    /var/run/pflogd.pid
>
>
> and after my attempted change now looks like this:
>
> /var/log/pflog      600  30    *    @T00 JB    /var/run/pflogd.pid
>
>
> but no new /var/log/pflog.0.bz2 files are created anymore. If I run
> the newsyslog binary manually like this :
>
> /usr/sbin/newsyslog -vCF
>
> then the /var/log/pflog.* are created / rotated.
>
>
> Could somebody perhaps shed some light on what I'm doing wrong here?
>
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Ruben
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