From: Steven Sim (steven.sim@faplccc.net)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2006 - 07:01:35 EST
Gurus;
With reference to Solaris 10 (not sure whether this applies to Solaris 9
also) /etc/logadm.conf,
I am wondering why the logadm entry for /var/log/syslog is as follows;
/var/log/syslog -C 8 -a 'kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid`'
If the intention was to restart syslogd to ensure that syslog logs to
the proper file because there is a new /var/log/syslog created (each
time logadm rotates the /var/log/syslog), then why not simply use the
logadm "-c" option?
Like so...
/var/log/syslog -c -C 8
Then there would be no need for a post command (-a) and no need to kill
-HUP the syslog daemon at all.
The above option would still keep 8 older version but instead of
creating a new /var/log/syslog each time, it would simply truncate the
file to zero, thereby "creating" a new file but still allowing the
active syslogd to keep it's open file descriptor to /var/log/syslog valid..
Unless I completely misunderstand the "-c" option for logadm...
Warmest Regards
Steven Sim
Fujitsu Asia Pte. Ltd.
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