[asterisk-users] Asterisk Log rotate not working

[Jason Parker]

On 05/21/2013 10:19 AM, Ahmed Munir wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Last year, I installed Asterisk 10.4.2 and enabled logrotate on daily 
> basis which was working perfect. Now in couple of months back, the 
> logrotate feature is not working at all but simply appending the logs 
> in 'messages' file. Listing down down the configuration for logrotate 
> below;
>
> /var/log/asterisk/messages {
> missingok
> rotate 5
> daily
> postrotate
> /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx 'logger reload' > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
> endscript
> }
>
> As asterisk is running by user: root so no need set asterisk 
> permissions 'create 0640 asterisk asterisk' in above configuration.
>
> Please advise so I can resolve this issue.
>
I believe you want to execute "logger rotate", rather than "logger reload".