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How do I move var log messages in Linux?
How to change the Default Log Directory(/var/log) in Rsyslog for CentOS/RHEL 6,7
- Create the new directory in which the logs needs to be written. # mkdir /log_dir.
- In the rsyslog configuation file /etc/rsyslog.conf, replace the “/var/log/messages” by the new directory name.
- Now restart the rsyslog service.
How do I transfer a var to my house?
Move /var without changing into single-user mode
- Create and use a new /var filesystem with LVM. Create the filesystem for the new var volume, mount it (using a temporary directory) and copy files from the current /var to the new filesystem.
- Update the filesystem table.
- Recover disk space from the root filesystem.
Where is the var log directory?
In short /var/log is the location where you should find all Linux logs file. However, some applications such as httpd have a directory within /var/log/ for their own log files. You can rotate log file using logrotate software and monitor logs files using logwatch software.
How do I view Yum logs?
Re: where to check yum installed logs and complete status You can check /var/log/messages to see if installation has started. Also if you want to check how much data has been downloaded, yum keeps package in yum cache while downloading, you can run ‘du -sh’ in watch command to check the status.
How can I move / var / log Directory?
Mount over /var/log. Restore old configurations, SIGHUP/reload daemons again. Create a new LV/partition and mount it properly over either /var or /var/log. The easy way is to take down the server to maintenance mode (single-user mode), and use the actual console (not ssh) for the operation.
How to move / var directory to another partition?
Once ready obtain partition UUID of your new var partition eg. /dev/sdc1: Confirm that it is mounted. Note, your output will be different: Reboot your system and you are done.
How to move / var folder to new partition in YaST?
Mount the new filesystem in /mnt, from YaST: Launch YaST, select Partitioner | expand Hard Disks | select Add Partition Select Maximum Size, if preferred.