Description of problem: atop doesn't seem to be reading the config at /etc/sysconfig/atop (at least for interval) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): atop-2.4.0-1.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: alway Steps to Reproduce: 1. install atop 2. edit /etc/sysconfig/atop, make INTERVAL=60 3. systemctl start atop Actual results: INTERVAL is still 600 can be seem in systemctl status atop and log file updated in 10 min intervals Expected results: INTERVAL should be 60 Additional info: Same as Bug 1520475
Found the problem. The default /etc/sysconfig/atop has "INTERVAL" defined not "LOGINTERVAL" Change it to use "LOGINTERVAL" and atop is started with the correct interval. Can the default config file be changed to use LOGINTERVAL.