Article 9642 at 07/04/22 01:36:27 From: dmobley (at mark) uhostme.net Subject: [coba-e:09642] Logrotate truncation

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Date:  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:36:14 -0400
From:  "Darrell D. Mobley" <dmobley (at mark) uhostme.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:09642] Logrotate truncation
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I've been told this is evidence in the logs of someone trying to hack the
machine, but should I see this every single day:

/etc/cron.daily/logrotate:

Warning: Truncating oversized request field
Warning: Truncating oversized request field
Warning: Truncating oversized request field
Warning: Truncating oversized request field
Warning: Truncating oversized request field
Warning: Truncating oversized request field
Warning: Truncating oversized request field
Warning: Truncating oversized request field
Warning: Truncating oversized request field