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Re: [cobalt-users] /var filling up
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] /var filling up
- From: Jason McNew <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Jan 24 15:03:34 2000
- Organization: ClearSail Communications
Argh! I've hit the same problem as annother fellow on this list. I can't
su, and therefore can't view the log, and can't get log rotation going. I
guess it's time to pester tech support. :-\
Mark Spieth wrote:
> Your problem is that maillog is not rotating.
>
> -rw-r----- 1 root mail 16173056 Jan 22 23:30 maillog
>
> Looks like the last time maillog rotated was September 3rd. Look at
> logrotate and /var/log/messages to determine why its not rotating.
>
> Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jason McNew
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 11:08 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] /var filling up
>
> in particular, /var/log and /var/cobalt are verry big. It looks like
> the log files are not being rotated. They are supposed to be rotated by
> size, right? What should I check to find the problem?
>
> [root /var]# df
> Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/hda1 495745 252333 243412 51% /
> /dev/hda3 198601 198601 0 100% /var
> /dev/hda4 11424230 5409699 6014531 47% /home
> [root /var]# cd log
> [root log]# ls -l
> total 121277
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63067136 Jan 24 02:57 analog.dns
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19233792 Jan 24 12:01 cron
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87088 Aug 30 01:06 cron.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2746 Jan 20 19:28 dmesg
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 28 1999 httpd ->
> /home/log/httpd
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 108916 Jan 24 11:37 lastlog
> -rw-r----- 1 root mail 16173056 Jan 22 23:30 maillog
> -rw-r----- 1 root mail 83233 Sep 3 01:00 maillog.1.gz
> -rw-r----- 1 root mail 3412992 Jan 23 17:15 messages
> -rw------- 1 root root 91910 Sep 4 01:00 messages.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 825 Jan 20 19:28 mgetty.log.modem
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 1999 samba
> -rw------- 1 root root 5127168 Jan 22 21:43 secure
> -rw------- 1 root root 100078 Aug 23 01:00 secure.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 616 Jan 24 12:00 sendmail.st
> -rw------- 1 root root 0 May 28 1999 spooler
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6982656 Jan 24 12:01 wtmp
> -rw------- 1 root root 8159232 Jan 24 12:01 xferlog
> -rw------- 1 root root 1158256 Aug 27 21:30 xferlog.1
> [root cobalt]# ls -l
> total 74020
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2684928 Jan 24 12:00 adm.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 503 Sep 4 01:00 adm.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 1999 atalk.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2252800 Jan 24 12:00 cpu.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 640 Sep 4 01:00 cpu.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15055872 Jan 24 12:00 crond.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2055 Sep 4 01:03 crond.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2508800 Jan 24 12:00 custo.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508 Sep 4 01:00 custo.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5368832 Jan 24 12:00 dns.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 826 Sep 4 01:00 dns.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4941824 Jan 24 12:00 filesystem.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1699 Sep 4 01:00
> filesystem.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2752512 Jan 24 12:00 ftp.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508 Sep 4 01:00 ftp.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1545216 Jan 24 12:00 groupspace.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 716 Sep 4 01:00
> groupspace.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2495488 Jan 24 12:00 inetd.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508 Sep 4 01:00 inetd.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2332672 Jan 24 12:00 lcd.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 494 Sep 4 01:00 lcd.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6514688 Jan 24 12:00 mail.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1096 Sep 4 01:00 mail.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4034560 Jan 24 12:00 mem.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1345 Sep 4 01:00 mem.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 1999 modem.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3520512 Jan 24 12:00 net.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1306 Sep 4 01:00 net.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 1999 nfs.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 1999 ntp.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6640640 Jan 24 12:00 portmap.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 874 Sep 4 01:00 portmap.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 920576 Jan 24 01:07 sauce.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 1999 smb.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3143680 Jan 24 12:00 snmp.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 518 Sep 4 01:00 snmp.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 1999 ssl.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90112 Jan 24 12:00 status
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4786176 Jan 24 12:00 telnet.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 804 Sep 4 01:00 telnet.log.1.gz
> drwx------ 2 root root 1024 Jan 21 13:09 tmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3 Jan 22 11:14 uid
> -rw------- 1 root root 90112 Jan 24 11:42 uidb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1540096 Jan 24 12:00 userspace.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 705 Sep 4 01:00
> userspace.log.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2265088 Jan 24 12:00 www.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 488 Sep 4 01:00 www.log.1.gz
>
> if it helps, here is the software I've installed:
> Cobalt OS Release 4.0
> RaQ2-Security Release 1.0
> RaQ2-Security Release 1.4
> RaQ2-Security Release 2.0
> RaQ2-Security Release 2.1
> RaQ2-Security Release 2.2
> RaQ2-Security Release 2.3
> RaQ2-Security Release 2.7
> RaQ2-Security Release 2.93
> RaQ2-Update-MFG Release 2.1
> RaQ2-Update-OS Release 1.0
>
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