# rotate log files daily daily # keep 3 days worth rotate 3 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones create # use date as a suffix of the rotated file #dateext # max size 50M size 50M compress # RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory include /etc/logrotate.d # no packages own wtmp and btmp -- we'll rotate them here /var/log/wtmp { monthly create 0664 root utmp rotate 1 } /var/log/btmp { missingok monthly create 0600 root utmp rotate 1 }