Ubuntu
tomcat8 package

tomcat cron should not delete app log files after 14 days by default

Bug #741589 reported by ahmedre
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
tomcat6 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned
tomcat7 (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned
tomcat8 (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: tomcat6

/etc/cron.daily/tomcat6 comes with the tomcat package and deletes all war files' log files after 14 days. i would argue that nothing should be deleted without explicit permission of the user - this is especially since there is nothing in logrotate for tomcat and yet there's a lone script in cron.daily that deletes logs. lost some valuable data because of this :(

Tags: cron logging
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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote :

Agreed, this looks unwarranted.

Changed in tomcat6 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
summary: - tomcat cron deletes app log files after 14 days
+ tomcat cron should not delete app log files after 14 days by default
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Nish Aravamudan (nacc) wrote :

This would appear to be still the case, and in Debian's packages as well. Would you be willing to file this is a bug there?

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