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leonpmu : 27/11/01 08:24 AM : Incident created |
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- We are using Mandrake 7.2 on our ftp, mail and web servers. The problem is that an item called logrotate repeatedly comes up and after about 2-3 days it starts really working the machine HARD, which brings the machine almost to a standstill. We have an RH7.1 box here too, but we don't get the same problem. What causes this and what is the easiest way to solve it?
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Linegod_7611 : 27/11/01 09:40 AM : Reply received |
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- Check /var/log/messages to see if it is generating any errors. You might want to see if it is
compressing the logs (/var/log/xferlog , /var/log/httpd/access_log, etc) , or just moving them.
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yroagoex : 27/11/01 10:13 AM : Reply received |
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- logrotate change your files
/var/log/messages
in /var/log/messages.1.gz
etc... for all log files to save place in your /var
so or you have too big log files, maybe you log all rejected packet from
firewall
maybe , I remember there was this bug in 7.1, a bug in logrotate create too
mich inodes with files like
messages.1.gz.1.gz.1.gz.1.gz
so verify you file syteme and check for an update of logrotate
mabyyou majke an upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2 and you always have the bug
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Linegod_7611 : 27/11/01 11:24 AM : Reply received |
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- There was a bug in 7.1, I don't recall it being in 7.2 (but you might want to update
your logrotate anyway)
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There is a problem with logrotate where it continually archives the
files in /var/log/news and /var/log/mail whether they are already
archived or not. Because of this, the archives are never removed and
can cause the device to fill up. This update corrects this problem.
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Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates prior to upgrading to
ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this by
running the md5sum program on the downloaded package by using
"md5sum package.rpm".
Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
79c17b7f04284a01b01cc91cda5ef51e 7.1/RPMS/logrotate-3.3-9mdk.i586.rpm
05b225eb5dc08e4cd1fede0c3ce35525 7.1/SRPMS/logrotate-3.3-9mdk.src.rpm
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leonpmu : 30/11/01 06:54 AM : More info provided |
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- Thanks for the prompt reply guys, I have already updated the boxes with the files you sugessted, all I am doing now is sitting back and waiting to see what happens. Do you recommend rebooting all my boxes that I did the update on, or is it not necessary?
thanks again
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Linegod_7611 : 30/11/01 12:45 PM : Reply received |
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- Not necessary. I would restart all the major services although (httpd, postfix, inetd,
etc).
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leonpmu : 10/12/01 07:41 AM : More info provided |
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- Thanks guys, it seems to have solved the problem. I rerally appreciated the help.
Leon
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Linegod_7611 : 24/02/02 07:48 PM : Reply received |
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- Could you please close this question then.
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leonpmu : 09/04/02 12:16 PM : More info provided |
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- Right, apologies, but anyway, the problem hasn't gone away, but I just wrote a small script that deletes the logs before that bog up my system , eventually (when I have the time) I will figure it out, until then, I will just have to deal with it.... thanks for your time guys Leon
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leonpmu : 09/04/02 12:29 PM : Incident closed |
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