Randy Vice wrote:
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Paul Howarth wrote:
Don Bedsole wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering if the logs in the /var/log directory (especially
/var/log/messages) are automatically deleted after a certain period
of time or when the log file gets to a certain size. Or, is this
something that needs to be set up manually by the user using a cron
job or something like that? I have just changed my iptables rules to
include some logging and the messages go to /var/log/messages. I'm
not too worried about getting my hard drive filled up with log
messages, but I don't want to save them forever either. Thank you.
They're rotated on a weekly basis, with IIRC five weeks' messages kept.
See /etc/logrotate.d/syslog
Is there a GUI for managing this?
I think your favourite GUI editor is the best you'll get.
Paul.
