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Logs going berzerk
I got a "System volume 'root' usage is 100 %. This condition should not occur in normal conditions. Please contact technical support." email.
Like others have found this is being caused by log files getting too big.
The files hit gigs in size almost as quickly as I can clear them.
Like others have found this is being caused by log files getting too big.
root@nas-unit:/var/log# ls -lh
total 3.5G
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 260 Jan 29 23:45 alternatives.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Dec 11 2012 apache2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jan 29 12:49 apt
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 20M Jan 30 14:13 auth.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 806K Jan 30 12:37 auth.log.old
-rw------- 1 root utmp 0 Jan 29 20:37 btmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K Jan 30 14:08 ctscand.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 1.1G Jan 30 14:13 daemon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M Jan 30 12:38 daemon.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 781 Jan 30 14:08 dbbroker.log
[b]-rw-r----- 1 root adm 175M Jan 30 14:13 debug[/b]
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32K Jan 30 14:10 dpkg.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 29 12:44 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 media root 11K Jan 30 14:08 forked-daapd.log
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 29 12:46 frontview
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 15 2013 fsck
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Nov 21 2012 journal
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 110M Jan 30 14:13 kern.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 836K Jan 30 12:37 kern.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29K Jan 30 14:08 lastlog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 30 14:07 LeafP2P.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Jan 29 19:50 lpr.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Jan 29 19:50 mail.err
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Jan 29 19:50 mail.info
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Jan 29 19:50 mail.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Jan 29 19:50 mail.warn
[b]-rw-r----- 1 root adm 384M Jan 30 14:13 messages[/b]
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6K Jan 29 12:41 netatalk.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jan 29 19:50 news
drwxr-xr-x 2 admin admin 4.0K Jan 29 19:42 readynasd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 21 2012 samba
[b]-rw-r----- 1 root adm 1.5G Jan 30 14:13 syslog[/b]
[b]-rw-r----- 1 root adm 193M Jan 30 14:13 user.log[/b]
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 613K Jan 30 12:38 user.log.old
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 19K Jan 30 14:08 wtmp
The files hit gigs in size almost as quickly as I can clear them.
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- Little point in guessing, what's in the tail of the files that are growing?
- Looks like you are using the rsyslog app. Do you need that app?
- I just tried removing an app and the removal failed. Now the web interface is inaccessible. Can still access the unit by ssh however
edit: there was an error that apache couldn't include the surveillance conf file as part of its includes of a path. removing that file which stopped it calling the include has allowed apache to start.
I still need to work out why the logs are going so crazy.
i'm also unable uninstall the three apps: transmission, surveillance and phpsysinfo
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