On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 13:47, Nguyen Hung.Takeshi wrote: > pesarif wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:25, dfox wrote: > >>>My /var/log folder is getting fairly big (10 MB) and its growing quickly > >>>(this computer has only 660MB for Linux :( ). > >> > >>How fast is it filling up? How much is it going to be tomorrow, or > >>next week? > > > > Not very fast: I'd estimate about 100K a day. > > > >>/var should really be on a separate partition. That's not always > >>possible, of course. > > > > I agree but with only 660MB for Linux... :( > > > >>>My question is: is it safe to regularly delete logs (using just the rm > >>>command) or is there a "correct" way to do it? > >> > >>Well, the safe way is to kill -HUP the programs that are generating the > >>logs, rm (or trim) the logs, and then restart the logging programs. > >> That's basically what logrotate does. > > > > So I can safely delete _anything_ in /var/log? > > This is the thing that I'm really concerned about: Will I break anything > > by deleting? > > > >>Removing the logs is possible, but you might want to see what's in there > >>from time to time (otherwise, why bother to log?) so it's usually better > >>to trim them. So for instance if your logs are over a month old, you > >> could edit out all entries for December and/or January. > > > > I only need to look at the logs for the last 24 hours (it's not connected > > to the internet but is a LAN telnet, ftp, ssh and mail server :)). > > For a word, you can delete the logs if dont consider security . By the > way, your hdd is only 660MB in ONE partition. What happens when your > machine crashed ?
Linux never crashes :) I reinstall if that happens but what do logs have to do with security? Thanks, pesarif
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
