[ILUG] logrotate hogs resources

[Ronan Waide]

On December 4, kor at compsoc.com said:
> 
> > I tried man logrotate, apparently it is configured via a file
> > specified on it's command line, but I have no idea of what in the
> 
> The config file should be /etc/logrotate.conf, which will then source
> scripts in /etc/logrotate.d/.  Logrotate itself is likely run by cron,
> so have a quick look in /etc/cron.daily.

There's also some sort of cache file in /var/lib/logrotate.status
which is more likely to be the cause of your problems. I've run into
this in the past where logrotate has run amok and made several hundred
thousand backups of mailman logfiles, and recorded a line in the
status file for each one. Killing logrotate, deleting the file,
cleaning up /var/log by hand if necessary, then manually running
logrotate (and keeping an eye on it!) should clear the problem.

Cheers,
Waider.
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