# see "man logrotate" for details # rotate log files weekly weekly # use the syslog group by default, since this is the owning group # of /var/log/syslog. su root syslog # keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs rotate 4 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones create # uncomment this if you want your log files compressed #compress # packages drop log rotation information into this directory include /etc/logrotate.d # no packages own wtmp, or btmp -- we'll rotate them here #/var/log/wtmp { # missingok # monthly # create 0664 root utmp # rotate 1 #} /var/log/btmp { missingok monthly create 0660 root utmp rotate 1 } # system-specific logs may be configured here