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#13880 security log - sugguest - automatic purge old entrys

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 07:08 CDT

n00bster
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? No
Have I searched the tickets before posting? No
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
Joomla! version: (2.5.7)
PHP version: (5.3.13)
MySQL version: (5.1.63)
Host: (all-inkl.com)
Admin Tools version: (2.3.2)

Description of my issue:
I get everyday so much automated registration attempts from China IPs. So i have blocked with the country blocker hole china, and i have turned on the security logs.
my problem is the fast growing logs, and i wish you could implement a auto-purge feature for the logs. on my host, when i would like to use the "show all" log entry's i got a system-error. all what i can do is limit the list only to 100 entry's and delete them all manually. another way is to delete this entry's directly in the database, but this is also not the best solution i think.
so maybe you could implement some filter with auto purge old entry's or some equally function.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
No, automatic purging of log files is not going to be implemented. I have been asked before about that and I disagree with automatic removal of log entries. You can always write a CRON job to automatically purge the #__admintools_log table every few days.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

n00bster
ok i understand ... thanks for answering :)

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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