Title: Delete/symlink /root/.spamassassin .razor .pyzor?
Post by: Guest on July 20, 2004, 09:51:44 PM
Post by: Guest on July 20, 2004, 09:51:44 PM
Hi there,
I have a machine with a 128MB / partition. It tends to fill up and, although it doesn't bring things to a halt it does throw some errors.
I'd like to symlink the .spamassassin .razor and .pyzor dirs in /root to somewhere in /usr and I suspect I can just stop services set up the links and start services and all will be well.
The question is (being a bit of a noob) is this a viable plan or are there any pitfalls?
Alternatively can I just set up a cronjob to delete the contents of these dirs monthly/weekly on a running toaster without trouble?
Thanks for any advice,
Marc
I have a machine with a 128MB / partition. It tends to fill up and, although it doesn't bring things to a halt it does throw some errors.
I'd like to symlink the .spamassassin .razor and .pyzor dirs in /root to somewhere in /usr and I suspect I can just stop services set up the links and start services and all will be well.
The question is (being a bit of a noob) is this a viable plan or are there any pitfalls?
Alternatively can I just set up a cronjob to delete the contents of these dirs monthly/weekly on a running toaster without trouble?
Thanks for any advice,
Marc
Title: Delete/symlink /root/.spamassassin .razor .pyzor?
Post by: matt on July 25, 2004, 12:41:26 PM
Post by: matt on July 25, 2004, 12:41:26 PM
The Right Thing[TM] to do is configure each program to store it's log files and settings elsewhere. Obviously, you now know that in the future you want your / to be more than 128MB. 
Title: Delete/symlink /root/.spamassassin .razor .pyzor?
Post by: Marc on August 02, 2004, 02:07:30 AM
Post by: Marc on August 02, 2004, 02:07:30 AM
Yes indeed. Learned that one the hard way on a dedicated server I started to use without confirming the slices. Stuck with it now though.
34M ./.razor
37M ./.spamassassin
So can those files be deleted without adverse affects? I assume that stopping the services, rm files, starting the services would be fine and it would just start adding up again until I can get around to upgrading (sa-learn!) and fixing the problem for real.
This is just in the interest of expediancy since my people will yell if it's down for more than 60 seconds. With a little warning I could probably get away with bringing the box up to 4.10 and Toaster 3.42. Right now I'd like to get it over this hump till I test that process out 40 or 50 times on a dev box
Thanks Matt!
Marc
34M ./.razor
37M ./.spamassassin
So can those files be deleted without adverse affects? I assume that stopping the services, rm files, starting the services would be fine and it would just start adding up again until I can get around to upgrading (sa-learn!) and fixing the problem for real.
This is just in the interest of expediancy since my people will yell if it's down for more than 60 seconds. With a little warning I could probably get away with bringing the box up to 4.10 and Toaster 3.42. Right now I'd like to get it over this hump till I test that process out 40 or 50 times on a dev box
Thanks Matt!
Marc