Public bug reported: Running 18.04, systemd 237-3ubuntu10, and all of my available disk space on /var (4.3G) just got eaten up by systemd-journald. /etc/systemd/journald.conf has all the default values (everything commented out). Processes were starting to crash, and I only recovered by running "sudo journalctl --vacuum-files=1" which brought it back down to 25M.
My understanding is that the defaults are supposed to prevent this from happening. I'm not familiar enough with systemd to further debug why this might have happened. ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1779189 Title: /var/log/journal consumed all available disk space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1779189/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs