Pfsense logrotate configuration?
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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 -
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.
