Re: [webmin-l] Rotating fetchmail log

Try removing the line :

fi;

from the end of the script. That looks like it was accidentally
copy/pasted from elsewhere..

On 26/Dec/2016 15:49 Chris <[email protected]> wrote ..
> On Mon, 2016-12-26 at 14:18 -0800, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > Try logging in as root via SSH and running :
> > 
> > logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf
> > 
> Thank you for that. I think I'm getting closer. I now have a
> fetchmail.logrotate file in /etc/logrotate.d which reads
> 
> /home/chris/fetchmaillog {
>     weekly
>     rotate 8
>     compress
>     datext
>     missingok
>     notifempty
>     create 0664 chris chris
>     sharedscripts
>     postrotate
>         /usr/local/bin/fetchmail --quit; fetchmail -v --nokeep --
> nosyslog --logfile /home/chris/fetchmaillog --uidl -m procmail
>         fi;
>     endscript
> }
> 
> Running 'sudo logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf gives
> 
> rotating pattern: /home/chris/fetchmaillog  weekly (8 rotations)
> empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
> switching euid to 0 and egid to 104
> considering log /home/chris/fetchmaillog
>   log does not need rotating
> not running postrotate script, since no logs were rotated
> switching euid to 0 and egid to 0
> 
> I'm not sure though if the postrotate command will work correctly since
> the commands below it are not a true script.
> 
> Chris
> 
> > On 26/Dec/2016 12:33 Chris <[email protected]> wrote ..
> > > 
> > > I've been attempting to setup Webmin to automatically rotate my
> > > fetchmail log with no success. When I run the rotation setup the
> > > only
> > > output I get is
> > > 
> > > Forcing the immediate rotation of one log file ..
> > > 
> > > .. failed! See the output above for the reason why.
> > > 
> > > System information:
> > > System hostname         localhost (127.0.0.1)
> > > Operating system        Ubuntu Linux 16.04.1
> > > Webmin version  1.820
> > > Time on system  Mon Dec 26 11:39:10 2016
> > > Kernel and CPU  Linux 4.4.0-57-generic on x86_64
> > > 
> > > I've uploaded two screenshots here:
> > > 
> > > https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/81/ac/bb/81acbb1627f
> > > 2a30
> > > c93b25790b7ec13e5.png
> > > 
> > > https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/09/e2/26/09e22684284
> > > ef81
> > > a55bd039685b01df4.png
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I can't figure out what the problem is. Any advice would be
> > > appreciated.
> > > -- 
> > > Chris
> > > KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C
> > > 31.11972; -97.90167 (Elev. 1092 ft)
> > > 14:29:55 up 5 days, 23:35, 1 user, load average: 0.74, 0.46, 0.24
> > > Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, kernel 4.4.0-57-generic #78-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec
> > > 9
> > > 23:50:32 UTC 2016
> > 
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