question about system logs

[herrmag]

My system logs seem to disappear. Everytime I check them, I only see logs for today (or the day I check them, rather). I cannot seem to find any variables to change to keep the logs on file longer. Granted, I'm a Windows guy, but I'm trying to transition to Unix based OS's. If anyone can provide me with some information, or links to information, concerning this matter, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

[ph34r]

Log rotation may be going on... my default setup of Fedora seems to rotate them weekly, saving each one as logfilename.1 , .2, etc.

[mdwatts]

Have a look at the config files for logrotate in /etc/logrotate.d with syslog being the main one.