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--- freebsd_organization [2023/08/06 14:16] – created chris
+++ freebsd_organization [2024/05/03 22:55] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Organize Log Files ======
 ===== OS: FreeBSD =====
+<code>
+vim /etc/syslog.conf
+*.notice;authpriv.none;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err   /var/log/messages.log
+security.*                                      /var/log/security.log
+auth.info;authpriv.info                         /var/log/auth.log
+mail.info                                       /var/log/mail.log
+cron.*                                          /var/log/cron.log
+!-devd
+*.=debug                                        /var/log/debug.log
+daemon.info                                     /var/log/daemon.log
+console.info                                   /var/log/console.log
+*.*                                            /var/log/all.log
+</code>
+Basically edit syslog.conf and add a .log to all files.
+<code>
+vim /etc/newsyslog.conf
+/var/log/all.log                        600  7     *    @T00  JC
+/var/log/auth.log                       600  7     1000 @0101T JC
+/var/log/console.log                    600  5     1000 *     JC
+/var/log/cron<del>.log</del>                       600  3     1000 *     JC
+/var/log/daily.log                      640  7     *    @T00  JNC
+/var/log/debug.log                      600  7     1000 *     JC
+/var/log/init.log                       644  3     1000 *     JC
+/var/log/kerberos.log                   600  7     1000 *     JC
+/var/log/mail<del>.</del>log                       640  7     *    @T00  JC
+/var/log/messages<del>.log</del>                   644  5     1000 @0101T JC
+/var/log/monthly.log                    640  12    *    $M1D0 JNC
+/var/log/devd.log                       644  3     1000 *     JC
+/var/log/security<del>.log</del>                   600  10    1000 *     JC
+/var/log/utx.log                        644  3     *    @01T05 B
+/var/log/weekly.log                     640  5     *    $W6D0 JNC
+/var/log/daemon.log                     644  5     1000 @0101T JC
+</code>
+The files you edited in /etc/syslog.conf change them to the same here. Add in a C to all lines which dont have one except the line with B which is for binary.
+<code>
+vim /etc/crontab
+       *       *       *       *       root    newsyslog -a /var/log/backups
+</code>
+append a -a /var/log/backups
+== Why? ==
+Why I do this and why I waste my time doing it?
+I like my log files to be concise and organized, I may never look at them but when I do I would like them all named x.log not cron, if for whatever reason I need to treuncate the logs to get some fresh log entries a simple truncate -s0 *.log is how I do it.
+I do this with all my servers, even desktop.