# see "man logrotate" for details # rotate log files weekly weekly # keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs rotate 4 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones create # uncomment this if you want your log files compressed #compress # some packages can drop log rotation information into # this directory include /etc/logrotate.d # few generic files to rotate /var/log/wtmp { monthly create 0644 root root rotate 1 } /var/log/btmp { monthly create 0600 root root rotate 1 } # system-specific logs may be also be configured here.