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<font size=3>At 02:34 PM 18/09/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Running CentOS 4 w/ BlueQuartz
on a whitebox, and getting this<br>
cron.daily email:<br><br>
/etc/cron.daily/logrotate:<br><br>
error: error running postrotate script<br><br>
Is this a common problem?<br>
Thoughts on a typical solution?<br><br>
thnx, Manny</font></blockquote><br>
I have the same problem.<br><br>
I asked Brian (NuOnce) about it as I am running his ISO and he has not
responded with a solution yet.<br><br>
The error in more detail is:<br><br>
rotating pattern: /var/log/xferlog after 1 days (4 rotations)<br>
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed<br>
considering log /var/log/xferlog<br>
log needs rotating<br>
rotating log /var/log/xferlog, log->rotateCount is 4<br>
renaming /var/log/xferlog.4.gz to /var/log/xferlog.5.gz (rotatecount 4,
logstart 1, i 4),<br>
old log /var/log/xferlog.4.gz does not exist<br>
renaming /var/log/xferlog.3.gz to /var/log/xferlog.4.gz (rotatecount 4,
logstart 1, i 3),<br>
old log /var/log/xferlog.3.gz does not exist<br>
renaming /var/log/xferlog.2.gz to /var/log/xferlog.3.gz (rotatecount 4,
logstart 1, i 2),<br>
old log /var/log/xferlog.2.gz does not exist<br>
renaming /var/log/xferlog.1.gz to /var/log/xferlog.2.gz (rotatecount 4,
logstart 1, i 1),<br>
old log /var/log/xferlog.1.gz does not exist<br>
renaming /var/log/xferlog.0.gz to /var/log/xferlog.1.gz (rotatecount 4,
logstart 1, i 0),<br>
old log /var/log/xferlog.0.gz does not exist<br>
log /var/log/xferlog.5.gz doesn't exist -- won't try to dispose of
it<br>
running prerotate script<br>
renaming /var/log/xferlog to /var/log/xferlog.1<br>
creating new log mode = 0644 uid = 0 gid = 0<br>
running postrotate script<br>
<font color="#FF0000">error: error running postrotate script<br><br>
</font>- Bill<br><br>
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