Possible /dev/null corruption
Michael Sweet
mike at easysw.com
Fri Apr 28 07:32:36 PDT 2006
Anonymous wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> For all current versions:
>
> If a log file points to /dev/null, the log-rotating is not disabled.
> Only changing the file permissions and ownership is catched in
> check_log_file() in log.c
>
> When the file reaches MaxLogSize (the size is counted internally, not
> via the "stat" call), "/dev/null" is renamed to "/dev/null.O" and a
> bew ordinary file "/dev/null" is created.
Please file this using the bug report form at:
http://www.cups.org/str.php
Thanks!
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