Log rotation on Linux systems is more complicated than you might expect. Which log files are rotated, when and how often, whether or not the rotated log files are compressed, and how many instances of ...

System logs are akin to a continuous, detailed journal that records events and activities happening within a computer system. These logs are pivotal for diagnosing problems, understanding user ...

Auditd's own log rotation is pretty broken. It can only rotate by size (and not time) and does not do compression. I am trying to beat it into submission, aka get it to work with logrotate. First I do ...

Log rotation, a normal thing on Linux systems, keeps any particular log file from becoming too large, yet ensures that sufficient details on system activities are still available for proper system ...

Far as I've been able to find, logrotate can only rotate a file if its name doesn't change. A lot of apps that have built-in backup tends to produce backup filenames that contain a timestamp, which ...