[NTLUG:Discuss] /var out of space-Still-....help please

./aal al_h at technologist.com
Thu Oct 19 18:26:01 CDT 2000


Dan Carlson wrote:
> 
> This could be caused by a problem with logrotate, where it continually
> archives files in /var/log/news and /var/log/mail.  This problem occured on
> my system, consuming several hundred megabytes of disk space before I found
> it.  Here is Mandrake's advisory on the problem:
> 
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKA-2000-009-1.php3?dis=7.1



close....
I have already applied those updates, before this problem arose.

I cant print, logrotate sucks up all my processor, is it time to apply
the MS solution(wipe and start over)?

completely lost
./aal



More information about the Discuss mailing list