Re: Why syslog is not rotating?
On Mon, 4 Nov 2013, Shawn Wilson wrote:
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 04:46:48 -0500
For some reason your messages ended up in a differenet mailbox,
therefore I saw them only now. Sorry about that.
As was recommended I will replace the harddrive that holds /var.
Nevertheless, respectfully, I will answer your response.
I can't see how a default config would do this, but do you have SELinux or AppArmor enabled? What does fstab and mount show?
I didn't enable SElinux or AppArmor.
How do I double-check?
mount output:
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=473761,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=380288k,mode=755)
/dev/disk/by-uuid/4712a4c6-be99-43bf-8628-0edd641d5262 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=2323680k)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue)
/dev/mapper/vg-cache on /cache type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-home on /home type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-opt on /opt type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-tmp on /tmp type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-usr on /usr type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-usrlocal on /usr/local type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-var on /var type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/sdb8 on /legacy type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
And /etc/fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
# !! Note !!
# UUID is a property of the residing file system -- not of the device.
# Any file system reformatting will result in change to UUID.
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
####################### Static Devices #######################
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Master Hard Drive Partitions
# 1: boot (purposefully an ext2 partition)
UUID=81d775af-9f80-4081-be71-c8d379c05944 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
# 2: root file system
UUID=4712a4c6-be99-43bf-8628-0edd641d5262 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# 3: swap partition
UUID=73035ad5-bba9-4d8e-8cfd-546ab09ac456 none swap sw 0 0
# LVM
/dev/mapper/vg-cache /cache ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/vg-home /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/vg-opt /opt ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/vg-tmp /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/vg-usr /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/vg-usrlocal /usr/local ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/vg-var /var ext3 defaults 0 2
###################### Removable Media ######################
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
# USB: Gandalf Attached Storage.
UUID=6b01200d-446d-46da-b6ac-405f1ec5b1bf /legacy ext3 user 0 0
UUID=0866a19d-3661-422b-818c-410d96868139 /media/gandalfBACK ext3 noauto,user 0 0
# LABEL="gandalfBACK2" Gandalf's secondary backup (kept at my parents' house)
UUID=14a0b647-02e0-4681-b37c-cea165004e24 /media/gandalfBACK2 ext3 noauto 0 0
# USB: Portable disk.
UUID=ac334401-5833-4946-bc7b-4d93622ea929 /media/palm/legacy ext3 noauto,user 0 0
UUID=807e9825-1838-4d5c-bada-e54a7d94e2ff /media/palm/lennyBACK ext3 noauto,user 0 0
UUID=3A39-B1B2 /media/palm/reut12 vfat rw,noauto,user 0 0
# USB: Ora's portable disk.
UUID=57e7b504-442c-396e-8c77-dcdd9e6b54d6 /media/usbora hfsplus rw,noauto,user 0 0
# USB: Nikon D300, 8, 4, & 2, GB cards
UUID=4DCC-F3FA /media/D300-8 vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0
UUID=888E-E0E0 /media/D300-4 vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0
UUID=C496-1651 /media/D300-2 vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0
# USB: Card reader
LABEL=CF /media/D300 vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0
# USB: bilbo's backup
LABEL=bilboBACK /media/usbdisk ext3 rw,noauto,user 0 0
# USB: My good old stick
LABEL=PUBLIC /media/PUBLIC vfat rw,noauto,user 0 0
# USB: Little cyan cruize blade (LABEL='ItayF sky')
UUID=C042-86D6 /media/sky vfat rw,noauto,user 0 0
# USB: Little red cruize blade (LABEL='ItayF fire')
UUID=782C-9B8B /media/fire vfat rw,noauto,user 0 0
If possible, copy the system off and write ones and then zeros to the disk (and look for speed drops). Looking at the disk might've been a good call.
I don't understand the procedure you suggest, but it's not necessary
after deciding to replace the HDD anyhow -- I guess.
Many thanks,
Itay
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