I have two large files in my /var/log: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18523020 May 24 07:14 lastlog <---------
-rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 871296 May 24 07:14 wtmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 7499904 May 5 14:07 wtmp.0 <--------- -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 49369 Oct 1 1998 wtmp.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 26365 Aug 1 1998 wtmp.2.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 56427 Jun 9 1998 wtmp.3.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 18072 Mar 1 1998 wtmp.4.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 652 Feb 1 1998 wtmp.5.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 130944 Aug 21 1998 wtmp.libc5 It seems as if wtmp.0 is on its way to become wtmp.1.gz some time but what about lastlog? Is this normal? I have tried to look at the contents of lastlog and it contains thousands of ^@'s. On 21 May 1999, Carl Johnson wrote: > Bruno Boettcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > You really should find the real problem before you try changing > > > logging. Try something like the command 'find /var -xdev -size +5000k > > > -print'. This will print out the names of all files more than 5MB > > > (there probably shouldn't be any). Then look into the file and see if > > right.... found another big file.. daemon > My /var/log directory is only a little over 2MB, but mine is mostly just a > workstation for me. Just for reference, I only have 5 files over 100KB, and > the largest is only 300KB. Johann -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made..." Psalms 139:14