[BlueOnyx:12734] Re: /var/log filling up with log files and running out of space

[Eric Peabody]

Richard,

That should work but you might want to see if something else is using 
excess space in /var.  See what the top directories in /var are using with:

   du -s /var/*|sort -n

There may be dead emails in /var/spool/mqueue or /var/spool/clientmqueue 
or similar cruft so this can be useful too:

  du -s /var/spool/*|sort -n

Lastly, /var/lib/mysql, where databases are kept, can be a problem.  On 
one server I did something like your suggestion to move that directory 
under /home.

Of course, you should make any changes in single-user mode to be sure 
that the files are not being updated while you are moving stuff around.


Eric


On 4/2/13 7:02 AM, Richard Morgan wrote:
> On my 5108R I'm seeing a fairly consistent problem where the log files 
> are growing and causing /var to run out of space - this stops mail for 
> send/receive and a few other things.  It accelerates when there is a 
> security issue as the log files grow quite rapidly.
> Can I move /var/log to the /home partition without breaking the server?
> My idea is as follows, doing everything as root:
> mkdir /home/log
> cp -r /var/log/* /home/log
> rm -fr /var/log
> ln -s /home/log /var/log
> Forgive me if this seems entirely stupid, but I have to do something 
> because every ten days or so I get calls/sms from clients saying: 
> "oo-er, moi email don't be working" (or something similar).  All I 
> need to do is delete a few of the biggest log files and life resumes 
> as normal.
> Maybe someone has a stronger solution or would care to comment on the 
> above.  Will this survive a reboot?
> Thanks for the help.  Richard
>
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