Something is deleting /var/run/syslogd.pid

jd1008 jd1008 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 22 00:29:02 UTC 2015



On 06/21/2015 06:13 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> After updating to F22, after the system is up for some period of time, 
> I have not determine for how long, looks like something removes 
> /var/run/syslogd.pid
>
> Consequently, logrotate eventually rotates /var/log/messages to 
> /var/log/messages-yyyymmdd (same for several other /var/log files), 
> but can't find syslogd's PID to SIGHUP it, so that syslog can reopen 
> the log files.
>
> I vaguely recall seeing some config files that defines 
> expiration/cleanup retention period for stuff in /var/run. Anyone 
> recall where that lives?
>
>
>
see /etc/logrotate.d


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