Tim Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Openldap experts, > We are running openldap 2.3.30 on Fedora core 6. Everything seems > to be working fine since we started it up in February. However, I > have noticed that in /var/lib/ldap there are a lot of log.00000x > files incrementing from 1 through 58 so far and they are all the > same size of 5242880 bits. Can someone explain to me what the role > of these log files is and if there is anything I should do to keep > the directory clean over time? Should I just ignore them or is > there maintenance or something that is recommended for cleaning up > these log files over time? Is openldap dependent upon all of them > for any reason? > > > -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 5242880 Apr 18 18:56 log.0000000053 > -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 5242880 Apr 30 07:38 log.0000000054 > -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 5242880 Jun 5 11:26 log.0000000055 > -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 5242880 Jun 8 13:30 log.0000000056 > -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 5242880 Jul 18 12:07 log.0000000057 > -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 5242880 Jul 19 11:45 log.0000000058. >
this are the transaction logs of bdb, doen't touch them, use db_archive to remove old log files. > Also, are there any other ldap maintenance tasks that one might > recommend doing periodically to keep the ldap databases running > efficiently and reliably? Note we are using Berkley database in > case that matters (*.bdb). a database backup strategy, -Dieter -- Dieter Klünter | Systemberatung http://www.dkluenter.de GPG Key ID:8EF7B6C6
