HI,

/var partion is full, can you please recommend what files can be deleted.

Also it is RedHat 7.3 and Cpanel.

Anyhelp is appreciated.

delete old logs

try and move a large dir to another partition and symlink it

to see which dir is the hog:

du -h --max-depth=1 /var

then take a look at the big one's in the same manner, to see where you need to prune:

du -h --max-depth=1 /var/log
...

Since it is Cpanel, there's log rotation.

do the following

1. cd /var/log
2. ls (check what are the rotated logs. Those with the biggest number extensions are the oldest)
3. rm -f *.1 | rm -f *.2 | rm -f *.3 | rm -f *.4

etc.

That should free up quite some space.

Hello,

Try this also

echo '' > /var/log/messages
echo '' > /var/log/exim_mainlog

( echo and two separate single quotes, it is not a double quote)

you mean delete the logs ?

no dont do that, logs can be useful

If you intend to keep the logs, find a partition that has a lot of space (i.e. /home) and make a directory and move them across.

and as i said further up, symlink the dir..

in the case of logs you could always play with syslog.conf but i think other things will break

better to a) work out why the partition is so full b) if its logs work out whats filling them up so much, maybe tweak your syslog c) move the directory to a larger partition and symlink d) have a think about how you partition in the future

If you are going to move and symlink, remember to shut down some of the services that may lock the files and prevent you from completing the moving. (e.g. exim, httpd etc)

they probably wont stop you doing it, but they might stop working..

id suggest a reboot after you've moved the stuff to make sure everything coems up fine