This also begs the question, is there a file or files that one should periodically clear out to prevent filling up a disk with garbage? I have found nothing in my reading that says it is necessary, but just maybe I missed it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of philomena
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 1:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] size of log files
Hi Alan,
I will subscribe to that list, but my question is not really a
PMFirewall question - its about controlling the size of the system log
files - since I saw a syslog.gz , which I know I didn't create, I am
assuming there is some system utility that compressed the
/var/log/syslog file when it reached some filesize. The same happened
with /var/log/messages - there was a messages.gz, which I didn't create.
Is there a system parameter or service that monitors and controls the
size of specified log files ? If so, I want to set that max file size to
something small, so that my system doesn't go haywire while I am workign
on the firewall issue.
Thanks,
philomena
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> philomena wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed PMFirewall recently and have been getting a ton
> > of the same message in my syslog and messages files - they
> > are "deny" messages, but of my own static IP address, so I
> > must have something set up wrong. As a consequence, these
> > files have been getting huge, and have caused me some
> > problems when the partition has run out of space. I notice
> > that there is a ..gz file of each of these files. Is there
> > a system parameter that based on the filesize automatically
> > compresses the file ? If so, how do I manipulate that so
> > that my system behaves while I track down the firewall
> > problem ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > philomena
>
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