# Begin /etc/logrotate.conf # Rotate log files weekly weekly # Don't mail logs to anybody nomail # If the log file is empty, it will not be rotated notifempty # Number of backups that will be kept # This will keep the 2 newest backups only rotate 2 # Create new empty files after rotating old ones # This will create empty log files, with owner # set to root, group set to sys, and permissions 664 create 0664 root sys # Compress the backups with gzip compress # No packages own lastlog or wtmp -- rotate them here /var/log/wtmp { monthly create 0664 root utmp rotate 1 } /var/log/lastlog { monthly rotate 1 } # Some packages drop log rotation info in this directory # so we include any file in it. include /etc/logrotate.d # End /etc/logrotate.conf