Package: logrotate Version: 3.7.8-5 Severity: wishlist Hi.
Perhaps the handling of wtmp/btmp rotation can be improved a little bit: 1) Since base-files 5.1 (IIRC) the two files are created by default like this: >chown root:utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp /var/log/lastlog >chmod 664 /var/log/wtmp /var/log/lastlog >chmod 660 /var/log/btmp So I guess the lines: >create 0664 root utmp >create 0660 root utmp are no longer required in logrotate.conf. But it might make sense to let it at just "create", namely if the files are not automatically recreated externally. Although the global logrotate default is "create", a user may choose to change this. 2) Regarding the other three options set for btmp and wtmp: >missingok Should this ever happen? And wouldn't it be better to error in that case? At least both files are created by default in base-files postinst. >monthly >rotate 1 Any reason for those two, to not use the global defaults? 3) Personally I'd like the idea, that logrotate really just contains global defaults that every user is allowed to set, e.g. which compression to use and which numer of rotations. Therefore it might make sense: - to split the handling of btmp/wtmp in a separate file e.g. /etc/logrotate.d/base-files?! It might even make sense, that this is moved to the base-files package. - to disable several global default options a user may probably choose which do not make sense here, e.g. nomail create (see above) ... Cheers, Chris. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages logrotate depends on: ii anacron 2.3-14 cron-like program that doesn't go ii base-passwd 3.5.22 Debian base system master password ii cron 3.0pl1-107 process scheduling daemon ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpopt0 1.15-1 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libselinux1 2.0.89-4 SELinux runtime shared libraries Versions of packages logrotate recommends: ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1 simple mail user agent logrotate suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
