Re: LOGROTATE problems blocking the system

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs ces clemson edu>]

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, LULANI Olsi wrote:

> I have a completely updated enigma system running without reboot for the
> last two months. Lately the logrotate process seems to have gone mad. A week
> ago it was consuming 99% of the CPU. I restarted it and the situation was
> fixed. During the week the system did not get supervision. Today I had to
> restart it (hard reset) because even the the prompt from the login username
> to the password asking prompt got blocked. The CPU load again rose to 99%
> from logrotate but the system was responding this time.
> Nothing unusual was recorded in the logs. Is there any solution to this
> problem short of reinstalling the system. The system function as a router so
> the downtime has to be minimal.
>
> Any suggestion is welcomed !

If you run Mailman, you will probably find /var/log/mailman is full of
empty files with fantastic extensions like error.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.

First, make sure you have the errata mailman RPM installed, then delete
all files in /var/log/mailman.

>      Sincerely
> Mr. Olsi Lulani
>
>

-- 
		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs clemson edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs