Judy,
I have no idea why anything would stay there. (?)
As an addendum, I've been reading a book on Linux security,
and the author has said that sometimes crackers try to wreak
havoc on a system by placing destructive scripts with
command names in different places (i.e. a script to bloat up
the
Michael wrote:
Another place to check is /tmp which is where all kinds of
temporary files get dumped.
Is it okay to get rid of everything in /tmp, or are some of those files
needed or supposed to be there? I found stuff in there and I'd just as
soon get rid of it, but I left it alone because I
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Michael wrote:
Another place to check is /tmp which is where all kinds
of
temporary files get dumped.
Is it okay to get rid of everything in /tmp, or are some
Hi,
My system (LM8.0) broke down a few weeks ago, with the X server
complaining that it couldn't open the default font 'fixed'. A re-install
fixed the problem, but I've just re-experienced the same trouble.
In despair, I was about to re-install again, when I recalled that
the root ('/')
Charles,
Do you have logrotate installed? If so, there should be *.[1-9] (or
possibly .gz) log files, which can be deleted. Other files can be replaced
with 0 byte files by turning off the service in question, running rm -f
logname, and then touch logname.
You can also check /var/spool/mail
