* logs and which ones to del? @ tyler ` Gregory Nowak 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: tyler @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Hay, When I go to /var, I se a ton of stuff. when I go to /var/log, I see a bunch of .gz files, can I del those? I have logrotate installed, so I am assuming it just wipes the old logs, and backs those up. Also, how do I know which logs to read? If I spent all my time reading logs, life would get boring. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Check out our website: http://tysplace.the-leetest.net check out my blog: livejournal.com/~tylerrl [my programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features] [failure is not an option, it comes bundled with windows!] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: logs and which ones to del? logs and which ones to del? tyler @ ` Gregory Nowak ` ace 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, the gz files are compressed backups of logs so many days back. You can delete them, or logrotate will do that for you after a certain number of days (I think the debian default seems to be 4 weeks). As for which log files you should read, don't read any, unless you have a specific reason for doing so. If you want to monitor your system for break in attempts, or for break ins (shudder), install tools like logcheck and/or tripwire. Greg On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:58:11AM -0800, tyler wrote: > Hay, > When I go to /var, I se a ton of stuff. > when I go to /var/log, I see a bunch of .gz files, can I del those? > I have logrotate installed, so I am assuming it just wipes the old logs, and > backs those up. > Also, how do I know which logs to read? If I spent all my time reading logs, > life would get boring. > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield. > Check out our website: > http://tysplace.the-leetest.net > check out my blog: > livejournal.com/~tylerrl > [my programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features] > [failure is not an option, it comes bundled with windows!] > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEHYcw7s9z/XlyUyARAn00AKDEjOsAsnFa5aIQ+H0OJDiSEh8lggCfZqL0 Qei1xlxCcgDeKpnOv2W9JOw= =zM2L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: logs and which ones to del? ` Gregory Nowak @ ` ace 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: ace @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am guessing that it is safe to remove any logs in the /var/log folder manually? Such as all of the message files, etc. y On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 09:30:40AM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Yes, the gz files are compressed backups of logs so many days > back. You can delete them, or logrotate will do that for you after a > certain number of days (I think the debian default seems to be 4 > weeks). > > As for which log files you should read, don't read any, unless you > have a specific reason for doing so. If you want to monitor your > system for break in attempts, or for break ins (shudder), install > tools like logcheck and/or tripwire. > > Greg > > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:58:11AM -0800, tyler wrote: > > Hay, > > When I go to /var, I se a ton of stuff. > > when I go to /var/log, I see a bunch of .gz files, can I del those? > > I have logrotate installed, so I am assuming it just wipes the old logs, and > > backs those up. > > Also, how do I know which logs to read? If I spent all my time reading logs, > > life would get boring. > > Thanks, > > Tyler Littlefield. > > Check out our website: > > http://tysplace.the-leetest.net > > check out my blog: > > livejournal.com/~tylerrl > > [my programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features] > > [failure is not an option, it comes bundled with windows!] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEHYcw7s9z/XlyUyARAn00AKDEjOsAsnFa5aIQ+H0OJDiSEh8lggCfZqL0 > Qei1xlxCcgDeKpnOv2W9JOw= > =zM2L > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEHYj9wamDI1Gy2GIRAr4bAJ90PonaD9+Mm7crfUpGlgBEK8jwgwCfc9mh nmSPMGHy2foQjZsA96+PJS0= =myya -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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