[LDM #YNE-961543]: Configuring ldm for use in user-space

> One could brute force the logging issue as follows:
> 
> - setup your LDM to write to ~ldm/logs/ldmd.log (which should be a link
> to ~ldm/var/logs/ldmd.log for new versions of the LDM)
> 
> - create a script whose purpose in life is to:
> 
> - stop the LDM
> 
> - rotate the LDM log file; meaning to rename ldmd.log.6 to ldmd.log.7,
> ldmd.log.5 to ldmd.log.6, ... ldmd.log to ldmd.log.1
> 
> This is easily done by 'ldmadmin newlog [-n numlogs] [-l logfile]'.
> 
> - start the LDM
> 
> - run the script from cron at the desired interval (once per day, once every
> other day, etc.)

The problem is that, unless it receives a HUP signal, the system logging daemon 
will continue writing to the old LDM log file -- even if that file's been 
renamed or deleted.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YNE-961543
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed