Re: Why syslog is not rotating?
On Sun, 3 Nov 2013, Reco wrote:
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 17:30:17 +0400
From: Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Why syslog is not rotating?
Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 13:30:47 +0000 (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 14:25:38 +0200 (IST)
Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> wrote:
On Sun, 3 Nov 2013, Reco wrote:
Not yet, but we have some progress...
Trial 1:
# /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
error: error creating output file /var/log/syslog.1.gz: File exists
Trial 2:
# rm /var/log/syslog.1.gz
# /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
gzip: stdin: Input/output error
error: failed to compress log /var/log/syslog.1
Should I backup syslog, delete it, and watch how things evolve?
Now that's interesting. Is there anything similar to this messages
in /var/log/cron.log?
Hmmmm... there is no /var/log/cron.log !!
Does, say, 'md5sum /var/log/syslog' runs to the completion?
Yes. Without warnings/errors.
What about 'cat /var/log/syslog > /dev/null'?
Yes. Without warnings/errors.
Can you run fsck on the filesystem containing /var/log/syslog?
I have to unmount /var for that; right?
So I need to use Live CD for that; right?
What does smartctl --all shows on the partition with this filesystem?
I never used smartctl (installed it now following-up your question).
In my system /var resides on a logical volume.
So I am not sure how to proceed.
Reco
Many thanks for the help
Itay
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