Bug 196671

Summary:	SECURITY logrotate just keep last month of logs
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Sergio Basto <sergio>
Component:	logrotate	Assignee:	Peter Vrabec <pvrabec>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Description Sergio Basto 2006-06-26 12:31:38 UTC

My server has been hacking, exploring a flaw in horde (http://www.horde.org/)
My ISP blocked my cable modem. 
I can't prove anything because I just have last month of logs, 
it is fair enough for have last year of logs changing logrotate.conf to 

diff /tmp/logrotate.conf /etc/logrotate.conf
6c6
< rotate 4
---
> rotate 52

Comment 1 Peter Vrabec 2006-06-30 12:16:24 UTC

I think this amount of logs could occupy enough disk space and this option is not suitable for 
most admins.

Comment 2 Sergio Basto 2006-06-30 12:30:55 UTC

I don't agree , if exploiter knows, looks like is my case, just wait one month
and all logs of attack gone.
At least put 2 or 3 months .

Comment 3 Robert Scheck 2006-06-30 12:35:25 UTC

I agree with Peter. Per default only very less people want to have what you're 
expecting as new default. Please remember, that /etc/logrotate.conf is marked as 
configuration file and won't be replaced during update when you modified it.
So /etc/logrotate.conf is a configuration file and provides IMHO well defaults. 
If you don't agree, just change the file to your needs.