Maybe this isn't a bug, but I'm posting it anyway because if it was left out on purpose then the comment should be changed. In /etc/logrotate.conf I found the following: # no packages own lastlog or wtmp -- we'll rotate them here /var/log/wtmp { monthly rotate 1 } ######## yet although the comment mentions lastlog there was not an entry for it in the config file. Here is what I believe should have followed the above entry (or something similar): /var/log/lastlog { monthly rotate 1 }
lastlog should not be rotated, as it will not grow in size (it stores the timestamps of the last login for each UID, and the max number of UIDs is 65535, so ,ax size it will be 64K users * 6 bytes each record.
Yup, that makes total sense to me. So it was incorrect to have it rotated in previous versions, and the comment in the file should be changed to remove mention of rotating lastlog, no?
*** Bug 372 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** logrotate.conf doesn't handle lastlog, even tough it's supposed to, and does not compress logs by default [version 2.6-3] ------- Additional Comments From dkl 12/23/98 10:56 ------- This report reduces to a policy question, (why doesn't logrotate rotate lastlog) and a product improvement suggestion, (why doesn't logrotate compress back level logs). ------- Additional Comments From borgia.unibo.it 12/26/98 18:02 ------- No, it is not a policy question! Please read the comments in your own products: From /etc/logrotate.conf as shipped in 5.2: -cut-cut- # no packages own lastlog or wtmp -- we'll rotate them here /var/log/wtmp { monthly rotate 1 } # system-specific logs may be configured here Doh: the script says it should handle lastlog, but doesn't... ------- Additional Comments From ayn2 12/26/98 18:38 ------- This bug report is a duplicate of #372
Ok, sorry, lastlog should not be rotated but then the comment in logrotate.conf is a bit misleading... "bug" closed, I'd say.