On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 09:56 +1000, Michael Mansour wrote: > > If I left the "APPEND_LOG=0" setting, what happens to the log? does it just > keep being overwritten? > Yes and no. The log is moved to /var/log/rkhunter.log.old, then a new log is created. That way you always have the current log file and the previous one. Rather than try and sort out some sort of log rotation - e.g. "keep 10 logs and then delete the oldest" - it was easier to just allow users to append to the log file, and sort out their own log rotation.
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