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Pfsense logrotate configuration?

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    ondokuz
    last edited by Dec 2, 2014, 11:22 AM

    maximum log size 500k ? how to change log size?

    best regards

    ls -al /var/log

    -rw–-----  1 root  wheel  499k Dec  2 13:22 dhcpd.log
    -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    11k Nov  1 14:13 dmesg.boot
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  499k Dec  2 13:22 filter.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Nov  1 14:13 gateways.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel    46k Mar  6  2014 installer.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Dec  2 13:20 ipsec.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 l2tps.log
    -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    28B Dec  2 11:50 lastlog
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 lighttpd.log
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512B Mar  6  2014 ntp
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Nov  1 14:13 ntpd.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 openvpn.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  536k May  3  2014 perl5.12.4.core
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 poes.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 portalauth.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 ppp.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 pptps.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 relayd.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Nov 22 13:39 resolver.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 routing.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  499k Dec  2 13:08 system.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel    16k Nov  1 14:13 userlog
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 vpn.log
    -rw-------  1 root  wheel  500k Mar  6  2014 wireless.log

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      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by Dec 2, 2014, 6:47 PM

      pfSense log files are binary circular logs of a fixed size. They do not "rotate", they roll over.

      https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/View_Log_Files_in_the_Shell

      The size cannot be changed on pfSense 2.1.x or before, but it can be changed on pfSense 2.2 in the Settings tab of the system logs.

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