Log files didn't rotate from two years.
Issue
- Log files were rotated last in 2012. After then files aren't rotated.
-rw------- 1 root root 74508363 Jul 6 18:25 /var/log/boot.log
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Nov 4 2012 /var/log/boot.log.1
-rw------- 1 root root 14499935 Jul 6 18:20 /var/log/cron
-rw------- 1 root root 105021 Nov 11 2012 /var/log/cron.1
-rw------- 1 root root 2209013 Jul 6 04:02 /var/log/maillog
-rw------- 1 root root 6433 Nov 11 2012 /var/log/maillog.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2083390576 Jul 6 18:00 /var/log/messages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86426 Nov 11 2012 /var/log/messages.1
-rw------- 1 root root 4213755238 Jul 6 18:25 /var/log/secure
-rw------- 1 root root 6067364 Nov 11 2012 /var/log/secure.1
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Logrotation
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