On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 14:44, diyanat wrote: > > I administer a redhat 6.1 system having 20 user accounts and occasioanlly > every week the /var (256 mb) partition gets 100 % full due to mail spool > and logs and mails gets bounced as it fails to create output due to lack of > spcae , and i have to move the logs manually to other partition > /usr/logsbackup to make some space , > > is there any way i can clear and compress the logs or mails , i think i can > use logrotate , but i got to figure out how it works , meanwhile ill dig the > manuals and find out untill someone gives me a tip or two > 'man logrotate' should give you all the information you need :) Basically, it lets you set all kinds of options in a config file (/etc/logrotate.conf and friends under /etc/logrotate.d) to control the log rotation, including the maximum log size.
> I also want to change the mail queue and spool from /var to other > partition , > > how can i go for it > Probably the best way, if you have extra space on your drive or can get an extra drive, is to make a new partition and mount it at /var/spool. I've never done this before, but I imagine that you would have to stop your mailer program (and any other daemons using directories in /var/spool), copy the contents of /var/spool to the new partition, mount the new partition, and re-start the mailer and other daemons. > Thanks In advance > > Ali > You're welcome :) Good luck! -- Trevor Hamm _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
