newsyslog not started.

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bagas

Hello.
Newsyslog not started.
My system FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p5 amd64.
The system has just been installed.
Code: 
# /etc/rc.d/newsyslog start
Creating and/or trimming log files.
Code: 
# ps aux | grep log
root        37558  0,0  0,0   12836   1840  -  IsJ  чт10     0:00,52 /usr/sbin/syslogd -s
root        87421  0,0  0,0   12812   2188  0  S+J  11:34    0:00,00 grep log
Code: 
# newsyslog -v
Processing /etc/newsyslog.conf
Found: <include> /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/[!.]*.conf
Found: <include> /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/[!.]*.conf
Processing /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/ftp.conf
Processing /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/lpr.conf
Processing /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/opensm.conf
Processing /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/pf.conf
Processing /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/ppp.conf
Processing /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/sendmail.conf
Processing /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/acme.sh.conf
/var/log/all.log <7J>: does not exist, skipped.
/var/log/auth.log <7J>: --> will trim at Mon Jan  1 00:00:00 2024
/var/log/console.log <5J>: does not exist, skipped.
/var/log/cron <3J>: size (Kb): 177 [1000] --> skipping
/var/log/daily.log <7J>: does not exist, skipped.
/var/log/debug.log <7J>: size (Kb): 1 [1000] --> skipping
/var/log/init.log <3J>: does not exist, skipped.
/var/log/kerberos.log <7J>: does not exist, skipped.
/var/log/maillog <7J>: --> will trim at Mon Dec 11 00:00:00 2023
/var/log/messages <5J>: --> will trim at Mon Jan  1 00:00:00 2024
/var/log/monthly.log <12J>: does not exist, skipped.
/var/log/devd.log <3J>: size (Kb): 1 [1000] --> skipping
/var/log/security <10J>: size (Kb): 1 [1000] --> skipping
/var/log/utx.log <3>: --> will trim at Mon Jan  1 05:00:00 2024
/var/log/weekly.log <5J>: does not exist, skipped.
/var/log/daemon.log <5J>: --> will trim at Mon Jan  1 00:00:00 2024
/var/log/xferlog <7J>: size (Kb): 1 [1000] --> skipping
/var/log/lpd-errs <7J>: size (Kb): 1 [1000] --> skipping
/var/log/opensm.log <7J>: does not exist, skipped.
/var/log/pflog <3J>: does not exist, skipped.
/var/log/ppp.log <3J>: size (Kb): 1 [1000] --> skipping
/var/log/sendmail.st <10>:  age (hr): 112 [168] --> skipping
/var/log/acme.log <7>: --> will trim at Mon Dec 11 00:00:00 2023
Or does newsyslog run on its own once a day?
/etc/crontab
Code: 
# Rotate log files every hour, if necessary.
0       *       *       *       *       root    newsyslog
 
Last edited by a moderator:
I see, running via cron
But then why do we need the starting script /etc/rc.d/newsyslog?
 
So it can start and exit once when you reboot the computer.
By default it's enabled via /etc/defaults/rc.conf .

When you first boot the computer newsyslog check the log files with predefined config stored in /etc/newsyslog.conf which includes other .conf paths like /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/*.conf and /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/[!.]*.conf after that it's checked only on every hour started by cron(8) via /etc/crontab
 
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