On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, tack wrote:
> > Now... with cheap HD's and fast access times there is no need to split
> > it up...
>
> Actually, the thing that John ran into is a good reason to split them up.
> How long would this have gone on before the log took up ALL the space, and
> users can no longer save documents, recieve email, etc. I've heard one
> DOS trick is to send a lot of requests so that single partitioned servers
> logs fill up the drive and the legit users can no longer use it.
John would never have had this problem because he is running
Linux ext2, which has a 2 gb file size limitation. His rogue
httpd process would be able to write that size *and that's it*.
Further: if you are admin on a machine and you start having
disk size issues and don't notice something filling up a
fifty gig disk, you're a sucky admin. You should run an
hourly "health check" that freaks out if certain things are
not within acceptable parameters. Like, figure out how much
space you want to be warned at and have the script send you
mail if you drop below that.
I'm certain there is some linux-centric OpenSource thing out
there someplace that can do this job for you. Christian or
Eric or Jay may have an idea for one.
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