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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Richard,<br>
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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:<br>
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du -s /var/*|sort -n<br>
<br>
There may be dead emails in /var/spool/mqueue or
/var/spool/clientmqueue or similar cruft so this can be useful
too:<br>
<br>
du -s /var/spool/*|sort -n<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
<br>
Eric<br>
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On 4/2/13 7:02 AM, Richard Morgan wrote:<br>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Can I move /var/log to the /home partition without breaking
the server?</div>
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<div>My idea is as follows, doing everything as root:</div>
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<div>mkdir /home/log</div>
<div>cp -r /var/log/* /home/log</div>
<div>rm -fr /var/log</div>
<div>ln -s /home/log /var/log</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Maybe someone has a stronger solution or would care
to comment on the above. Will this survive a reboot?</div>
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<div>Thanks for the help. Richard</div>
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