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Can var logs delete?
Select the files or directories that you want to clear: The /var/log/munin directory uses 2.6 G of space, and is the second largest log on the list. Use the cd command to move the prompt to the /var/log/munin/ directory. Then, use the du -h * command to see the file sizes.
What is var syslog?
/var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages: Basically a data log of all activity throughout the global system. Know that everything that happens on Redhat-based systems, like CentOS or Rhel, will go in messages. Whereas for Ubuntu and other Debian systems, they go in Syslog.
Can I remove syslog 1?
Re: Huge /var/log/syslog and /var/log/syslog. 1. You can just delete those log files. But you’re going to have to open them up and look to see just exactly what messages are filling the log, then correct those problems that are causing all the messages.
Why is / var / log / syslog is empty?
/var/log/syslog is empty. Service rsyslog is running, but not installed Periodically I encounter the problem that /var/log/syslog is empty. I am using Debian Jessie.
Can you run / var / log / syslog under Sudo?
That means that the > is running as your user, not under sudo. Your user doesn’t have permission to write to /var/log/syslog, so this will fail. You need some way to run the entire line cat /dev/null > /var/log/syslog under sudo. Well, > isn’t a command or anything.
How to get rid of syslog in shell?
It’s something the shell handles, so you need to have a shell handle that redirection symbol properly. You can do that with sh ‘s -c option: sh -c ‘cat /dev/null > /var/log/syslog’. Now that you have everything together as one command, you can have sudo run the entire thing: Nothing else is needed.
Is there a service to start a syslog?
$ service syslog start Job for syslog.socket failed. See ‘systemctl status syslog.socket’ and ‘journalctl -xn’ for details.