Re: [Sheflug] LVM log file size - please, help!

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Tuesday 17 July 2001 11:11 am, you wrote:

> We are using LVM here. And I recently noticed that /var/log/lvm is...
> 800MB! It's actually occupied all the free space, so, no user files can be
> created, and, since it's owned by root - it's going VERY soon to fill the
> disk completely! Do I need it, what do I do with it?... Please HELP!

If it's just a standard log file you can safely rm it and a new one will be 
created. Really when you install a package that creates logs it should make a 
logrotate entry (man logrotate) in /etc/logrotate.d/ so the files will be 
trimmed regularly. I haven't used LVM on Linux but I would think 800Mb a 
little excessive for a log file, are you sure there is no problem with some 
repeated message or something?
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