Re: [FW1] fw stop/start the only way to rotate logfiles

[Richard van Drimmelen <richard@FW1-NOSPAMsara.nl>]

Thanks for your answer,

Sorry fw stop, mv file file.old, fw start (that's what I meant).
I was unaware of the logswitch argument. 

Johan Strom wrote:
> 
> Hi Richard.
> 
> fwstop /fwstart does not rotate the fw.log file.
> 
> fw logswitch does the work for you. without restarting the firewall deamon.
> 
> regards
> 
> Johan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard van Drimmelen" <richard@sara.nl>
> To: <fw-1-mailinglist@lists.us.checkpoint.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:18 AM
> Subject: [FW1] fw stop/start the only way to rotate logfiles
> 
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > (running Firewall-1 4.1 on a Sun Netra T1, 256MB, solaris 7)
> >
> > Besides starting the logviewer and clicking the right buttons, is fw
> > stop/start the only way to rotate the logfiles ?
> >
> > With about 100 firewall rules loaded at this moment, how long does it
> > take to fw stop/start ?
> >
> > Thanks for your answers,
> >
> >
> >
> > Richard van Drimmelen
> > SARA Computing and Network Services


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