[BlueOnyx:04770] /var directory full

Luis Rojas Luis at avalonglobal.com
Fri Jun 18 11:37:40 -05 2010


Hey Guys,

 

This morning I notice that my /var directory is full, I figure it was
probably logs, but I am not sure which ones to delete. Or is there a way to
increase the size of my /var directory?

This is what the logs look like:

 

 

Server /var/log# ls -l

total 1119160

drwx------ 2 root   root        4096 Jun 13 05:05 admserv

drwxr-x--- 2 root   root        4096 Jun  3 00:25 audit

-rw------- 1 root   root           0 Jun 13 05:21 boot.log

-rw------- 1 root   root          20 Jun 13 05:22 boot.log.1.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root           0 Oct 18  2009 boot.log.2

-rw------- 1 root   root          20 Jun  6 05:04 boot.log.2.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root           0 Oct 11  2009 boot.log.3

-rw------- 1 root   root          20 May 30 04:24 boot.log.3.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root           0 Oct  4  2009 boot.log.4

-rw------- 1 root   root          20 May 24 04:31 boot.log.4.gz

-rw------- 1 root   utmp   811817472 Jun 18 09:20 btmp

-rw------- 1 root   root     2013871 Jun 18 10:10 cron

-rw------- 1 root   root      147764 Jun 13 05:22 cron.1.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root      457608 Oct 25  2009 cron.2

-rw------- 1 root   root      148008 Jun  6 05:04 cron.2.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root      457636 Oct 18  2009 cron.3

-rw------- 1 root   root       73496 May 30 04:24 cron.3.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root      457335 Oct 11  2009 cron.4

-rw------- 1 root   root       34021 May 24 04:31 cron.4.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root       17658 May 17 16:15 dmesg

-rw------- 1 root   root       15672 Jun 14 09:14 faillog

drwxr-xr-x 3 root   root        4096 Jun 18 05:20 httpd

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root       14194 Jun 18 10:01 ipacct

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        5951 Jun 18 05:20 ipacct.1.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root       38992 Nov  4  2009 ipacct.2

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        5952 Jun 17 05:21 ipacct.2.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root       39076 Nov  3  2009 ipacct.3

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        6005 Jun 16 05:22 ipacct.3.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root       38999 Nov  2  2009 ipacct.4

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        6288 Jun 15 05:34 ipacct.4.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root      190676 Jun 18 10:03 lastlog

drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root        4096 Mar  9  2009 mail

-rw------- 1 root   root      775045 Jun 18 10:10 maillog

-rw------- 1 root   root      241370 Jun 18 05:20 maillog.1.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root      101502 Nov  4  2009 maillog.2

-rw------- 1 root   root      268293 Jun 17 05:21 maillog.2.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root       92168 Nov  3  2009 maillog.3

-rw------- 1 root   root      245726 Jun 16 05:22 maillog.3.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root       72906 Nov  2  2009 maillog.4

-rw------- 1 root   root      254089 Jun 15 05:34 maillog.4.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root    61932114 Jun 18 10:10 messages

-rw------- 1 root   root     2592020 Jun 13 05:22 messages.1.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root    22568557 Oct 25  2009 messages.2

-rw------- 1 root   root     3952620 Jun  6 05:04 messages.2.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root    23817327 Oct 18  2009 messages.3

-rw------- 1 root   root     2465707 May 30 04:24 messages.3.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root    26491901 Oct 11  2009 messages.4

-rw------- 1 root   root     2438441 May 24 04:31 messages.4.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root      279491 Sep 16  2009 messages.save

-rw------- 1 root   root    12107705 Sep 16  2009 messages.save.1

-rw-r----- 1 mysql  mysql      21534 May 17 16:16 mysqld.log

-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache         0 Feb 16 13:08 php_error

drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root        4096 Apr  2  2009 pm

drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root        4096 Jan 20  2009 prelink

drwxr-x--- 2 root   root        4096 Jun 13 05:21 proftpd

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root       33812 Jun 18 05:21 rpmpkgs

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        7792 Jun 13 05:21 rpmpkgs.1.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root       31498 Oct 24  2009 rpmpkgs.2

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        7729 Jun  6 05:04 rpmpkgs.2.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root       31498 Oct 17  2009 rpmpkgs.3

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        7729 May 30 04:24 rpmpkgs.3.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root       31498 Oct 10  2009 rpmpkgs.4

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        7729 May 24 04:31 rpmpkgs.4.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root   110738288 Jun 18 10:06 secure

-rw------- 1 root   root     1285815 Jun 13 05:22 secure.1.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root     3015640 Oct 25  2009 secure.2

-rw------- 1 root   root     5805808 Jun  6 05:04 secure.2.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root    29141757 Oct 17  2009 secure.3

-rw------- 1 root   root     1582303 May 30 04:24 secure.3.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root    12817318 Oct 10  2009 secure.4

-rw------- 1 root   root     3188035 May 24 04:31 secure.4.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root           0 Jun 13 05:21 spooler

-rw------- 1 root   root          20 Jun 13 05:22 spooler.1.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root           0 Oct 18  2009 spooler.2

-rw------- 1 root   root          20 Jun  6 05:04 spooler.2.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root           0 Oct 11  2009 spooler.3

-rw------- 1 root   root          20 May 30 04:24 spooler.3.gz

-rw------- 1 root   root           0 Oct  4  2009 spooler.4

-rw------- 1 root   root          20 May 24 04:31 spooler.4.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root           0 Oct  7  2009 syslog

-rw------- 1 root   root           0 Apr  2  2009 tallylog

drwxr-xr-x 2 tomcat tomcat      4096 Mar 10  2009 tomcat5

-rw-rw-r-- 1 root   utmp      154368 Jun 18 10:03 wtmp

-rw-rw-r-- 1 root   utmp       42484 May  7 04:23 wtmp.1.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root           0 Jun 18 05:20 xferlog

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root          20 Jun 18 05:20 xferlog.1.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root          20 Jun 17 05:21 xferlog.2.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root          20 Jun 16 05:22 xferlog.3.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root          20 Jun 15 05:34 xferlog.4.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        2169 Jun 18 06:00 yum.log

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        4275 Jan  1 04:39 yum.log.1.gz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root        1840 Nov  5  2009 yum.log.2009-11-05

 

Thanks for the help.

 

-Luis

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