Red Hat Topics - maillog properties

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maillog properties

google@accorders.com

2005-11-28, 2:46 am

How does one edit the properties of the /var/log/maillog file? I know
that the log files are done with maillog being most recent and going
through maillog.4. How can I set the properties of how many days one
of these logfiles is? or how large it can get before the next one is
created? Thanks.

Jean-David Beyer

2005-11-28, 7:47 am

google@accorders.com wrote:
> How does one edit the properties of the /var/log/maillog file? I know
> that the log files are done with maillog being most recent and going
> through maillog.4. How can I set the properties of how many days one
> of these logfiles is? or how large it can get before the next one is
> created? Thanks.
>
man logrotate

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