RE: [cobalt-users] The filesystem [/var] is getting very full

["Paul Shuttleworth" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ITI Nasser
> Hassan
> Sent: 15 February 2004 14:03
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] The filesystem [/var] is getting very full
>
>
> I received this message from the Server.
>
> " Date: 2/14/2004 13:46:41 +0200
> From: admin
> To: sys
> Subject: The filesystem [/var] is getting very full  All headers
> is getting very close to full.  This is very dangerous for the server
> and can cause unexpected errors to occur.  You either need to move some
> files to another storage device and delete them from the Sun Cobalt
> server
> or delete them altogether.  Consult the documentation for help adding
> storage to your Sun Cobalt server.
>
> Total disk space:  193.95 MB
> Free disk space:  46.54 MB
> Percent Used:  76 %"
>
> Any ideas on how to solve this problem?
>
> Regards
> Nasser
>


This first thing is to check
files in /var/log and /var/log/httpd

Often Logrotate does not work correctly and leaves old log files which get
big.

Have a look at the archives on

The filesystem [/var] is getting very full

you will see it has been discussed many times.

Regards

Paul.