[ntp:questions] fixing erasure of loops files in /var/log/ntpstats folder

unruh unruh at invalid.ca
Mon Dec 17 19:14:23 UTC 2012


On 2012-12-17, reader7 <website.reader3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> For some strange reason an ntp process is erasing older loops files in the /var/log/ntpstats folder.  I want to save all loops files for the whole calendar year.
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> What setting do I have to change, so that this will occur?
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ntpd does not erase them. However logrotate might, assuming you are on
linux. Check in /etc/logrotate.d/ for something which rotates those
files. 

(on my system I now have 2 years worth).

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