I have logrotate running on a RedHat system. I changed the configuration to rotate all files in a folder daily. A few days later file listing is showing this:
login.log-20170220
login.log-20170220-20170222
login.log-20170220-20170222-20170224
login.log-20170220-20170222-20170224-20170226
login.log-20170220-20170222-20170224-20170226-20170228
login.log-20170220-20170222-20170224-20170226-20170228-20170302
login.log-20170220-20170222-20170224-20170226-20170228-20170302-20170304
login.log-20170220-20170222-20170224-20170226-20170228-20170302-20170304-20170306
login.log-20170220-20170222-20170224-20170226-20170228-20170302-20170304-20170306-20170308
login.log-20170220-20170222-20170224-20170226-20170228-20170302-20170304-20170306-20170308-20170310
login.log-20170220-20170222-20170224-20170226-20170228-20170302-20170304-20170306-20170308-20170310-20170312
login.log-20170228
login.log-20170228-20170302
login.log-20170228-20170302-20170304
login.log-20170228-20170302-20170304-20170306
login.log-20170228-20170302-20170304-20170306-20170308
login.log-20170228-20170302-20170304-20170306-20170308-20170310
login.log-20170228-20170302-20170304-20170306-20170308-20170310-20170312
login.log-20170306
login.log-20170306-20170308
login.log-20170306-20170308-20170310
login.log-20170306-20170308-20170310-20170312
I have that same setup in other systems and never had this issue... Here is the configuration in logrotate.d/
/var/log/syslog-wal/* {
missingok
notifempty
create 0640 root wheel
daily
rotate 14
}
I find it peculiar that every 8 days there is a new round of files. Any clue of what's going on? This folder is inside of /var/log, but I didn't see anything in the other standard logrotate.d files that could explain this.
