logs rapidly fill /var partition
When I run the command $ sudo rm -rf /mirror/partition, the activity
is logged to /var/log/kern.log, syslog, and debug log.
The problem is that each of these logs ends up 120 Mb in size and the
remaining space in my 500 Mb /var partition quickly disappears.
I need to know if this logging activity of this size is expected, and
if so, what I might do about it. Increasing the partition size of /var
partition I'd like to avoid. Because if the rm runs into trouble, I'm
likey to know about it without the logs, and so a cron job run in
parallel to periodically delete the logs is a possibility, but there
must be a better way.
Here's the beginning of debug where the rm command is issued. The rest
of the log seems rather repititous
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Jan 24 04:57:41 teufel kernel: usb-storage: act_altsettting is 0
Jan 24 04:57:41 teufel kernel: usb-storage: id_index calculated to be: 81
Jan 24 04:57:41 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Array length appears to be: 83
Jan 24 04:57:41 teufel kernel: usb-storage: USB Mass Storage device detected
Jan 24 04:57:41 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Endpoints: In: 0xc42a2c34 Out: 0xc42a2c20 Int: 0xc42a2c48 (Period 32)
Jan 24 04:57:41 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Found existing GUID 0d493000200e000022127397
Jan 24 04:57:41 teufel kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
Jan 24 04:57:41 teufel kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 5
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: queuecommand() called
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Command READ_10 (10 bytes)
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: 28 00 00 00 00 22 00 00 02 00 65 f7
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Bulk command S 0x43425355 T 0x8a745c Trg 0 LUN 0 L 1024 F 128 CL 10
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Bulk command transfer result=0
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_transfer_partial(): xfer 1024 bytes
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_msg() returned 0 xferred 1024/1024
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_transfer_partial(): transfer complete
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Bulk data transfer result 0x0
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Attempting to get CSW...
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Bulk status result = 0
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: Bulk status Sig 0x53425355 T 0x8a745c R 0 Stat 0x0
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x0
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: queuecommand() called
Jan 24 05:00:01 teufel kernel: usb-storage: *** thread awakened.
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Haines Brown
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