[BlueOnyx:27268] Re: empty /var/log/maillog → and other files

[Larry Smith]

Meaulnes,

  Maybe try restarting rsyslog (the logging daemon).

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Larry Smith
lesmith at ecsis.net

On Sat September 28 2024 03:59, Meaulnes Legler @ MailList via Blueonyx wrote:
> sorry for bumping this, but long listing the /var/log/, I noticed that
> it's not only the maillog-202409xx.gz files that are concerned, but also
> mailman/*, ipacct, secure, cron, messages
>
> Where can I intervene?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> で⊃ Meaulnes Legler
> Zurich, Switzerland
> +41¦0 44 260-1660
>
> # find /var/log/ -name "*202409*.gz" -size 20c
> /var/log/spooler-20240928.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240913.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240904.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240908.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240916.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240912.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240915.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240907.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240904.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240902.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240912.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240909.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240902.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240918.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240921.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240919.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240911.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240917.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240928.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240928.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240917.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240915.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240905.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240922.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240902.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240919.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240925.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240905.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240927.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240910.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240910.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240912.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240924.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240921.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240922.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240901.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240904.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240926.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240909.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240918.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240905.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240914.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240918.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240901.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240907.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240926.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240915.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240917.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240910.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240911.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240908.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240923.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240903.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240907.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240911.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240913.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240920.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240901.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240924.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240925.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240916.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240927.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240915.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240914.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240925.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240913.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240922.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240905.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240914.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240920.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240925.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240909.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240923.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240926.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240925.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240910.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240913.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240923.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240903.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240903.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240915.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240911.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240918.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240916.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240919.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240901.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240918.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240923.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240908.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240910.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240920.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240921.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240926.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240903.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240923.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240912.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240928.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240922.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240910.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240925.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240920.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240912.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240920.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240907.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240901.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240914.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240922.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240915.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240903.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240911.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240904.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240913.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240904.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240905.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240917.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240906.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240914.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240902.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240924.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240906.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240926.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240919.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240906.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240908.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240921.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240902.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240918.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240903.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240923.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240916.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240924.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240917.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240921.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240927.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240924.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240924.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240908.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240916.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240927.gz
> /var/log/spooler-20240906.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240915.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240920.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240908.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240923.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240911.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240928.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240922.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240904.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240912.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240924.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240909.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240912.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240926.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240903.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240901.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240914.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240913.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240914.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240926.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240915.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240917.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240905.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240911.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240913.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240918.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240909.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240916.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240917.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240919.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240907.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240925.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240919.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240905.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240903.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240927.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240927.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240925.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240921.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240906.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240908.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240902.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240904.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240923.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240922.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240920.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240901.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240918.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240910.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240902.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240921.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240910.gz
> /var/log/mailman/locks-20240907.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240916.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240906.gz
> /var/log/mailman/error-20240924.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240922.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240906.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240927.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240927.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240917.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240916.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240914.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240907.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240909.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240901.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240919.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240906.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240919.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240913.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240921.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240928.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240911.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240920.gz
> /var/log/ipacct-20240926.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240905.gz
> /var/log/messages-20240912.gz
> /var/log/maillog-20240904.gz
> /var/log/secure-20240909.gz
> /var/log/cron-20240902.gz