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# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly

# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4

# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create

# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress

# packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d

# no packages own wtmp, or btmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
    missingok
    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
    rotate 1
}

/var/log/btmp {
    missingok
    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
    rotate 1
}

# system-specific logs may be configured here

debian:/home# logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf
reading config file /etc/logrotate.conf
including /etc/logrotate.d
reading config file apache
reading config info for /var/log/apache/*.log
reading config file aptitude
reading config info for /var/log/aptitude
reading config file base-config
reading config info for /var/log/base-config.log
reading config info for /var/log/base-config.timings
reading config file dirmngr
reading config info for /var/log/dirmngr.log
reading config file exim4-base
reading config info for /var/log/exim4/mainlog /var/log/exim4/rejectlog /var/log/exim4/paniclog
reading config file mysql-server
reading config info for /var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql.err /var/log/mysql/mysql.err /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
reading config file ppp
reading config info for /var/log/ppp-connect-errors
reading config file samba
reading config info for /var/log/samba/log.smbd
reading config info for /var/log/samba/log.nmbd
reading config file scrollkeeper
reading config info for /var/log/scrollkeeper.log
reading config file vsftpd
reading config info for /var/log/vsftpd.log
reading config info for /var/log/wtmp
reading config info for /var/log/btmp

Handling 14 logs

rotating pattern: /var/log/apache/*.log  weekly (52 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/apache/access.log
  log does not need rotating
considering log /var/log/apache/error.log
  log does not need rotating
not running shared postrotate script, since no logs were rotated

rotating pattern: /var/log/aptitude  monthly (6 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/aptitude
  log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/base-config.log  weekly (4 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/base-config.log
  log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/base-config.timings  weekly (4 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/base-config.timings
  log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/dirmngr.log  weekly (4 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/dirmngr.log
  log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/exim4/mainlog /var/log/exim4/rejectlog /var/log/exim4/paniclog  after 1 days (10 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/exim4/mainlog
  log /var/log/exim4/mainlog does not exist -- skipping
considering log /var/log/exim4/rejectlog
  log /var/log/exim4/rejectlog does not exist -- skipping
considering log /var/log/exim4/paniclog
  log /var/log/exim4/paniclog does not exist -- skipping

rotating pattern: /var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql.err /var/log/mysql/mysql.err /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log  after 1 days (7 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/mysql.log
  log needs rotating
considering log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log
  log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log does not exist -- skipping
considering log /var/log/mysql.err
  log needs rotating
considering log /var/log/mysql/mysql.err
  log /var/log/mysql/mysql.err does not exist -- skipping
considering log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
  log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log does not exist -- skipping
rotating log /var/log/mysql.log, log->rotateCount is 7
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.7.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.8.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 7),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.6.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.7.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 6),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.5.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.6.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 5),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.4.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.5.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 4),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.3.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.4.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 3),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.2.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.3.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 2),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.1.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.2.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log.0.gz to /var/log/mysql.log.1.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /var/log/mysql.log to /var/log/mysql.log.1
creating new log mode = 0640 uid = 106 gid = 4
error: unable to open /var/log/mysql.log.1 for compression
rotating log /var/log/mysql.err, log->rotateCount is 7
renaming /var/log/mysql.err.7.gz to /var/log/mysql.err.8.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 7),
renaming /var/log/mysql.err.6.gz to /var/log/mysql.err.7.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 6),
renaming /var/log/mysql.err.5.gz to /var/log/mysql.err.6.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 5),
renaming /var/log/mysql.err.4.gz to /var/log/mysql.err.5.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 4),
renaming /var/log/mysql.err.3.gz to /var/log/mysql.err.4.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 3),
renaming /var/log/mysql.err.2.gz to /var/log/mysql.err.3.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 2),
renaming /var/log/mysql.err.1.gz to /var/log/mysql.err.2.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /var/log/mysql.err.0.gz to /var/log/mysql.err.1.gz (rotatecount 7, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /var/log/mysql.err to /var/log/mysql.err.1
creating new log mode = 0640 uid = 106 gid = 4
error: unable to open /var/log/mysql.err.1 for compression
running shared postrotate script
running script with arg /var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql.err /var/log/mysql/mysql.err /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log : "
                test -x /usr/bin/mysqladmin || exit 0

                # If this fails, check debian.conf!
                export HOME=/etc/mysql/my.cnf
                MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
                if [ -z "`$MYADMIN ping 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
                  # Really no mysqld or rather a missing debian-sys-maint user?
                  # If this occurs and is not a error please report a bug.
                  if ps cax | grep -q mysqld; then
                    exit 1
                  fi
                else
                  $MYADMIN flush-logs
                fi
                errlogs=`ls /var/log/mysql.err* /var/log/mysql/mysql.err* 2>/dev/null`
                if [ -n "$errlogs" ]; then
                  chown root:adm $errlogs
                  chmod 640 $errlogs
                fi
"

rotating pattern: /var/log/ppp-connect-errors  weekly (4 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/ppp-connect-errors
  log /var/log/ppp-connect-errors does not exist -- skipping

rotating pattern: /var/log/samba/log.smbd  weekly (7 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/samba/log.smbd
  log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/samba/log.nmbd  weekly (7 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/samba/log.nmbd
  log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/scrollkeeper.log  weekly (2 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/scrollkeeper.log
  log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/vsftpd.log  weekly (4 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/vsftpd.log
  log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/wtmp  monthly (1 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/wtmp
  log does not need rotating

rotating pattern: /var/log/btmp  monthly (1 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/btmp
  log does not need rotating