Re: [squid-users] LOG File access.log

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The access.log should appear again when Squid begins logging accesses.
i.e. if you use your proxy, the access.log should reappear.

Nataniel Klug wrote:

> Joe,
>
> It's all correct. I will wait a while to see what happens. About
> one hour ago I
> deleted all squid log files from /var/log/squid directory and
> restarted the squid proxy. I
> noted that access.log does not appear again, is this correct?
>
> Nataniel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Cooper"
> To: "Nataniel Klug" ;
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 8:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] LOG File access.log
>
>
> : Looks good to me.
> :
> : Make sure logrotate is running via cron on a daily basis. And make sure
> : the paths to the Squid log files are correct.
> :
> : Nataniel Klug wrote:
> :
> : > Joe,
> : >
> : > I saw in my /etc/logrotate.d/ that exists a file named squid and
> : > it contains the
> : > folowing:
> : >
> : > /var/log/squid/access.log {
> : > daily
> : > rotate 2
> : > copytruncate
> : > compress
> : > notifempty
> : > missingok
> : > }
> : > /var/log/squid/cache.log {
> : > weekly
> : > rotate 2
> : > copytruncate
> : > compress
> : > notifempty
> : > missingok
> : > }
> : >
> : > /var/log/squid/store.log {
> : > weekly
> : > rotate 2
> : > copytruncate
> : > compress
> : > notifempty
> : > missingok
> : > # This script asks squid to rotate its logs on its own.
> : > # Restarting squid is a long process and it is not worth
> : > # doing it just to rotate logs
> : > postrotate
> : > /usr/sbin/squid -k rotate
> : > endscript
> : > }
> : >
> : > Is this correct for rotating access.log by day and store just two
> : > files? And cache.log
> : > by week and store two files?
> : >
> : > Nataniel
> : >
> : > ----- Original Message -----
> : > From: "Joe Cooper"
> : > To: "Nataniel Klug"
> : > Cc:
> : > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 8:09 AM
> : > Subject: Re: [squid-users] LOG File access.log
> : >
> : >
> : > : Are you rotating your logs on a regular basis? (I use logrotate for
> : > : this task.)
> : > :
> : > : Nataniel Klug wrote:
> : > :
> : > : > Hi,
> : > : >
> : > : > I am having a big problem with a file from squid. When I start
> : > : > Squid it generates only
> : > : > two log files (access.log and cache.log, the other one I set to
> : > : > "none"). My problem is
> : > : > that the file access.log is growing to much and it starts to
> overcome
> : > : > my hardrive. How can
> : > : > I disable this log os even make it smaller?
> : > : >
> : > : > Nataniel Klug
> :
> :
> : --
> : Joe Cooper
> : Web caching appliances and support.
> : http://www.swelltech.com
> :
> :
>
>

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Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
Web caching appliances and support.
http://www.swelltech.com