Hello All, I have a great problem in my log files, here is files of my /var/log directory, in which some files are created automatically and they have different dates please help me, to stop these files parmanently. # ll /var/log total 87236 -rw-r----- 1 root root 3567 Nov 1 17:25 acpid -rw------- 1 root root 14748 May 31 12:47 anaconda.log -rw------- 1 root root 20805 May 31 12:47 anaconda.syslog -rw------- 1 root root 55662 May 31 12:47 anaconda.xlog drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Mar 6 2007 audit -rw------- 1 root root 6865 Nov 1 17:44 boot.log -rw------- 1 root root 3564 Oct 30 13:39 boot.log.1.gz -rw------- 1 root root 19426 Aug 31 15:30 boot.log.2 -rw------- 1 root root 1378 Oct 22 15:28 boot.log.2.gz -rw------- 1 root root 18376 Aug 6 09:11 boot.log.3 -rw------- 1 root root 2823 Oct 18 11:48 boot.log.3.gz -rw------- 1 root root 54531 Jul 31 15:38 boot.log.4 drwxr-xr-x 2 clamav clamav 4096 Oct 30 13:39 clamav -rw------- 1 root root 902 Nov 1 18:32 cron -rw------- 1 root root 329 Oct 30 13:39 cron.1.gz -rw------- 1 root root 1060 Aug 31 15:54 cron.2 -rw------- 1 root root 284 Oct 22 15:28 cron.2.gz -rw------- 1 root root 1280 Aug 6 10:17 cron.3 -rw------- 1 root root 397 Oct 18 11:48 cron.3.gz -rw------- 1 root root 2490 Jul 31 16:32 cron.4 drwxr-xr-x 2 lp sys 4096 Jul 18 16:32 cups -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16310 Nov 1 17:25 dmesg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 5 15:34 emt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 17:25 gdm drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Nov 5 15:23 httpd -r-------- 1 root root 230680 Nov 5 15:32 lastlog drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 26 12:18 mail -rw------- 1 root root 19512000 Nov 5 15:34 maillog -rw------- 1 root root 2436733 Oct 30 13:39 maillog.1.gz -rw------- 1 root root 36652724 Aug 31 15:55 maillog.2 -rw------- 1 root root 953172 Oct 22 15:28 maillog.2.gz -rw------- 1 root root 5409192 Aug 6 10:16 maillog.3 -rw------- 1 root root 7998411 Oct 18 11:48 maillog.3.gz -rw------- 1 root root 10998119 Jul 31 16:32 maillog.4 -rw------- 1 root root 200692 Nov 5 15:32 messages -rw------- 1 root root 90905 Oct 30 13:39 messages.1.gz -rw------- 1 root root 1579936 Aug 31 15:55 messages.2 -rw------- 1 root root 25950 Oct 22 15:28 messages.2.gz -rw------- 1 root root 246969 Aug 6 10:16 messages.3 -rw------- 1 root root 103682 Oct 18 11:48 messages.3.gz -rw------- 1 root root 878330 Jul 31 16:32 messages.4 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Nov 2 2004 ppp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51744 Nov 1 18:32 prelink.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25508 Nov 1 18:32 rpmpkgs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6970 Oct 30 13:39 rpmpkgs.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25166 Aug 6 10:17 rpmpkgs.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6963 Oct 22 15:28 rpmpkgs.2.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25166 Aug 2 14:12 rpmpkgs.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6965 Oct 18 11:48 rpmpkgs.3.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24030 Jul 14 13:17 rpmpkgs.4 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 11 22:52 samba -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124995 Aug 1 04:56 scrollkeeper.log -rw------- 1 root root 25926 Nov 5 15:32 secure -rw------- 1 root root 6500 Oct 30 13:39 secure.1.gz -rw------- 1 root root 126332 Aug 31 15:49 secure.2 -rw------- 1 root root 2526 Oct 22 15:28 secure.2.gz -rw------- 1 root root 22017 Aug 6 09:52 secure.3 -rw------- 1 root root 12092 Oct 18 11:48 secure.3.gz -rw------- 1 root root 58731 Jul 31 16:27 secure.4 -rw------- 1 root root 0 Oct 30 13:39 spooler -rw------- 1 root root 20 Oct 30 13:39 spooler.1.gz -rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 6 10:17 spooler.2 -rw------- 1 root root 20 Oct 22 15:28 spooler.2.gz -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 31 16:32 spooler.3 -rw------- 1 root root 20 Oct 18 11:48 spooler.3.gz -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 11 13:50 spooler.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 358 Nov 1 21:39 up2date -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 473 Oct 30 13:39 up2date.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6052 Aug 31 14:20 up2date.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 435 Oct 22 15:28 up2date.2.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 306118 Aug 2 18:36 up2date.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 648 Oct 18 11:48 up2date.3.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62332 Jul 31 15:22 up2date.4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 5 2004 vbox -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 68352 Nov 5 15:32 wtmp -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 49435 Nov 1 18:31 wtmp.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107219 Nov 2 09:52 Xorg.0.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53217 Oct 30 12:30 Xorg.0.log.old and their is /etc/logrotate.conf ........................... # see "man logrotate" for details # rotate log files weekly weekly # keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs rotate 4 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones create # uncomment this if you want your log files compressed compress # RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory include /etc/logrotate.d # no packages own wtmp -- we'll rotate them here /var/log/wtmp { monthly create 0664 root utmp rotate 1 } please help me i am not understanding, what i do to stop to create these files and please tell me why they created ? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list