Bug#1003728: debian-edu-config: nullmailer pollutes syslog on roaming workstations

[Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>]

Hi again,

On  Fr 14 Jan 2022 13:43:18 CET, Mike Gabriel wrote:

> Package: debian-edu-config
> Severity: important
> Version: 2.11.56+deb11u2
> Control: found -1 2.12.15
>
> On Debian Edu Roaming Workstations, the nullmailer pollutes  
> /var/log/mail.info* and /var/log/mail.warn* and lets it rise to  
> several GB if notebooks stay of campus often / for long periods.
>
> I'd suggest disabling nullmailer syslog writings entirely.
>
> Opinions on this? Other suggestions?
>
> Mike

the problem here is that in combination with fsautoresize (on small  
SSD, such as 60GB), /var will grab all LVM-available space and grow to  
10G before /var finally gets filled to 100%.

So, removing log files doesn't even fully help, because /var is  
oversize afterwards.

Mike
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