[BlueOnyx:09096] Re: Logrotate and access_log

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Don,

> Running 5107R, and have noticed something odd. No idea how this happened
> (or obviously how to fix.)
> 
>  Each night after logrotate runs, Apache seems to be unable to log to
> /var/log/httpd/access_log without a httpd restart.
> 
>  Can someone point me in the right direction on this one?

I just found and fixed that one. Am publishing updates for 5107R and 5108R 
now.

The problem was in /etc/logrotate.d/apache. Apache is restarted this way in it 
after a logrotate:

/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/httpd.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true

Which works on RHEL5 clones like CentOS5, but on RHEL6 clones (like CentOS6 or 
SL6) the Apache PID file is now located at /var/run/httpd/httpd.pid instead.

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With best regards

Michael Stauber