Mysql filling /var partition with logs

["Chrom_" <maurograuso@gmail.com>]

Hi all. I'm running into the following problem.

Mysql is filling my /var partition because the log limit doesn't seem
to be respected.

I've tried many different settings in /etc/mysql/my.cnf but nothing
works.

Logrotate is not enabled/configured. I just want mysql to use a maximum
of, let's say, 1GB of my /var partition

The log is /var/log/mysql/
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
kernel  2.4.27-2-386
mysql version 5.0.30-Debian_1-log

Following the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file

Thanks a lot for any suggestion.

Mauro_

---------------
#
# The MySQL database server configuration file.
#
# You can copy this to one of:
# - "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" to set global options,
# - "/var/lib/mysql/my.cnf" to set server-specific options or
# - "~/.my.cnf" to set user-specific options.
#
# One can use all long options that the program supports.
# Run program with --help to get a list of available options and with
# --print-defaults to see which it would actually understand and use.
#
# For explanations see
# http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-system-variables.html

# This will be passed to all mysql clients
# It has been reported that passwords should be enclosed with
ticks/quotes
# escpecially if they contain "#" chars...
# Remember to edit /etc/mysql/debian.cnf when changing the socket
location.
[client]
port            = 3306
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

# Here is entries for some specific programs
# The following values assume you have at least 32M ram

# This was formally known as [safe_mysqld]. Both versions are currently
parsed.
[mysqld_safe]
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
nice            = 0

[mysqld]
old_passwords = false # inserted by debconf
#
# * Basic Settings
#
user            = mysql
pid-file        = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
port            = 3306
basedir         = /usr
datadir         = /var/lib/mysql
tmpdir          = /tmp
language        = /usr/share/mysql/english
skip-external-locking
#
# For compatibility to other Debian packages that still use
# libmysqlclient10 and libmysqlclient12.
#
# Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on
# localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure.
bind-address            = 127.0.0.1
#
# * Fine Tuning
#
key_buffer              = 16M
max_allowed_packet      = 16M
thread_stack            = 128K
thread_cache_size       = 8
#
# * Query Cache Configuration
#
query_cache_limit       = 1048576
query_cache_size        = 16777216
query_cache_type        = 1
#
# * Logging and Replication
#
# Both location gets rotated by the cronjob.
# Be aware that this log type is a performance killer.
#log            = /var/log/mysql.log
#log            = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log
#
# Error logging goes to syslog. This is a Debian improvement :)
#
# Here you can see queries with especially long duration
#log-slow-queries       = /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
#
# The following can be used as easy to replay backup logs or for
replication.
#server-id              = 1
log-bin                 = /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log
# expire-logs-days      = 20    FIXME: Currently this setting causes
mysqld to
#                                      crash (debian#368547
mysql#17733)
expire-logs-days        = 7
max_binlog_size         = 1G

# relay log restrictions
relay-log-space-limit=1G

#binlog-do-db           = include_database_name
#binlog-ignore-db       = include_database_name
#
# * BerkeleyDB
#
# According to an MySQL employee the use of BerkeleyDB is now
discouraged
# and support for it will probably cease in the next versions.
skip-bdb
#
# * InnoDB
#
# InnoDB is enabled by default with a 10MB datafile in /var/lib/mysql/.
# Read the manual for more InnoDB related options. There are many!
# You might want to disable InnoDB to shrink the mysqld process by
circa 100MB.
#skip-innodb
#
# * Security Features
#
# Read the manual, too, if you want chroot!
# chroot = /var/lib/mysql/
#
# For generating SSL certificates I recommend the OpenSSL GUI "tinyca".
#
# ssl-ca=/etc/mysql/cacert.pem
# ssl-cert=/etc/mysql/server-cert.pem
# ssl-key=/etc/mysql/server-key.pem

[mysqldump]
quick
quote-names
max_allowed_packet      = 16M

[mysql]
#no-auto-rehash # faster start of mysql but no tab completition

[isamchk]
key_buffer              = 16M

#
# * NDB Cluster
#
# See /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-*/README.Debian for more information.
#
# The following configuration is read by the ndbd storage daemons,
# not from the ndb_mgmd management daemon.
#
# [MYSQL_CLUSTER]
# ndb-connectstring=127.0.0.1