We have not gotten any messages at all since we purged the files. I will delete the asterisk now, and continue to monitor the log directory. I am still curious to know what started the original problem. We have RH 7.3 Servers set up identically, in different locations, but only this one has had the problem.
Thanks again for your help. Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:21 AM Subject: Re: zillions of mgetty.log.ttyS4.1.1.1.1... messages > It should stop. What happens is the asterisk match the first mgetty file > and made a backup. The next time the backup file got backed up itself. > Then the backup of the backup got backed up. Then the backup of the backup > of the backup got backed up. Then...... > > I don't believe there's any valid reason to have an asterisk in a > logrotate.d file. They goofed. > > After you took out the asterisk, are you getting many many /var/log/mgetty* > files again? You shouldn't > -eric wood > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Billy Davis > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:56 AM > Subject: Re: zillions of mgetty.log.ttyS4.1.1.1.1... messages > > > Thanks for the reply Eric. I reviewed the mgetty file and found the > astersik, and I see what you have changed. However, it seems to me that > what ever problem caused these 'zillions' of files to be created, will still > create them, or am I missing something? > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
