[OpenAFS] Fileserver logfile size limit
Lars Wilke
lw@lwilke.de
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:49:39 +0200
* Derrick Brashear wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Lars Wilke <[1]lw@lwilke.de> wrote:
> Does the fileserver have a limit one the size
> of the FileLog? I turned on debugging and the
>
> non-64-bit file API use would limit you to 2gb. it's not inherently a
> limit in the fileserver.
Hm, the system is 32 bit and the fileserver binary was compiled for the system
but i would have expected the fileserver to handle this gracefully.
> Another question is, how do i do logrotation.
>
> the usual way is a restart. you can also do one of:
> -add -mrafslogs to the fileserver arguments. at that point, kill -HUP will
> open a new log file after renaming the old one out of the way.
> -log to a FIFO
At least the -mrafslogs switch is deprecated according to the man page ...
Then i guess i will stick with the restart.
Thanks
--lars