* size of /var/log/message file
@ 2012-03-14 14:04 ratheesh kannoth
2012-03-14 14:24 ` Jérôme Pouiller
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From: ratheesh kannoth @ 2012-03-14 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-newbie
Hi,
How to set the size of the file /var/log/message.
I need to set to unlimited . How can i do that ?
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* Re: size of /var/log/message file
2012-03-14 14:04 size of /var/log/message file ratheesh kannoth
@ 2012-03-14 14:24 ` Jérôme Pouiller
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From: Jérôme Pouiller @ 2012-03-14 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ratheesh kannoth; +Cc: linux-newbie
On Wednesday 14 March 2012 19:34:48 ratheesh kannoth wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> How to set the size of the file /var/log/message.
>
> I need to set to unlimited . How can i do that ?
Sizes of /var/log files are handled by logrotate command (which is called by
cron). You configure it by tunning /etc/logrotate.conf and /etc/logrotate.d.
See also manpage "logrotate" for more information.
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