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Error: System volume root's usage is 81%.
I received this error this morning, and found some worthwhile previous discussion, especially from StephenB. I initiated an SSH connection and found the only very oversized file in root was "syslog". ...
Thanks for the quick reply. Sorry to be a pain, but how do I truncate the file? I tried removing it via basic Linux commands I found online but was not successful.
Doug6392 wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply. Sorry to be a pain, but how do I truncate the file?
This should work:
echo -n > /var/log/syslog
Make sure you log in as root (using the NAS admin password). I am thinking your earlier attempt might have failed because you logged in as admin.
StephenB wrote:
Doug6392 wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply. Sorry to be a pain, but how do I truncate the file?This should work:
echo -n > /var/log/syslog
Make sure you log in as root (using the NAS admin password). I am thinking your earlier attempt might have failed because you logged in as admin.
That did the trick - many thanks!
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