HP-UX Directory Server Administrator Guide HP-UX Directory Server Version 8.1 (5900-3098, May 2013)

6 Read and write
7 Read, write, and execute
In the 3-digit number, the first digit represents the owner's permissions, the second digit
represents the group's permissions, and the third digit represents everyone's permissions.
When changing the default value, keep in mind that 000 will not allow access to the logs and
that allowing write permissions to everyone can result in the logs being overwritten or deleted
by anyone.
The newly configured access mode will only affect new logs that are created; the mode will
be set when the log rotates to a new file.
• The maximum number of logs for the directory to keep
When the directory reaches this number of logs, it deletes the oldest log file in the folder before
creating a new log. The default is 10 logs. Do not set this value to 1, or the directory will not
rotate the log, and the log will grow indefinitely.
• The maximum size (in megabytes) for each log file
To keep from setting a maximum size, type -1 in this field. The default is 100 megabytes.
When a log file reaches this maximum size (or the maximum age), the directory archives the
file and starts a new one. Setting the maximum number of logs to 1 causes the directory to
ignore this attribute.
• How often the directory archives the current log file and creates a new one
The maximum age of the file can be set in minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months. The logs
can also be rotated at a particular time of the day; for example, every day at midnight. The
default is every day. Setting the maximum number of logs to 1 causes the directory to ignore
this attribute.
Each log file includes a title, which identifies the server version, host name, and port, for ease of
archiving or exchanging log files. The title has the following form:
HP-UX-Directory/version build_number hostname:port (/etc/opt/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name)
For example, the first couple of lines of any log files generated by a Directory Server instance may
show lines similar to these:
HP-UX-Directory/8.1.0 B20xx.yyy.zzzz myhost.example.com:389 (/etc/opt/dirsrv/slapd-example)
14.1.2 Defining a log file deletion policy
For the directory to automatically delete old archived logs, define a log file deletion policy from
the Directory Server Console.
NOTE:
The log deletion policy only makes sense if there is already a defined log file rotation policy. Log
file deletion will not work if there is just one log file. The server evaluates the log file deletion policy
at the time of log rotation.
14.1 Viewing and configuring log files 509