Log Turnover Problems

bizdev at pwnspeak.com bizdev at pwnspeak.com
Fri Nov 5 01:35:31 UTC 2010


On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:43:36 -0500, C de-Avillez <hggdh2 at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:42:23 -0400

> <bizdev at pwnspeak.com> wrote:

> 

>> 

>> I recently noticed my logs are turning over the wrong time.  Instead

>> of

>> 

>> the messages, vsftpd, ect, logs turning over at midnight, they are

>> turning

>> 

>> over around 7:50AM EDT.  Why would this be?  Any idea what config

>> file I

>> 

>> could/should be editing?  I've tried finding stuff

>> in /etc/logrotate.d and

>> 

>> /etc/rsyslog.d but I'm lost.

> 

> You are probably running under control of 'anacron', not 'cron'

> itself. Please see '/etc/anacrontab'.

> 

> Cheers,



This has never been edited.  It still contains the default values for

cron.daily.  How can I make the log's rotate at midnight as expected?



Tim H.






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