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I am using 3.2.1 with: perms on /var/log/nagios.log are 664 (nagios/nagios)

Each day, nagios archives the file /var/log/nagios.log to the specified archive path, but doesn't remove the original. What ends up happening is that the existing /var/log/nagios.log is appended to forever. I have turned on debugging (level=-1 with verbosity=2) but don't see anything obvious. So, I'm assuming this is not the expected behavior... ideas?

Check the permissions on the parent directory. If the nagios daemon doesn't have write permission it won't be able to delete the file.

I think there was a thread on this subject fairly recently on the nagios-users email list. If you're still stuck check out the archives at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/lis ... gios-users and consider joining the email list - for the time being it's busier there than it is here.