On 09/18/2008 03:16 AM, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
hi guys,
i have set my /var/log to be on tmpfs (i have ssd and want to avoid logs
being written on it). the problem is, that for example syslogd complains
that /var/log/news/* files are missing. indeed, there is no news
subdirectory in /var/log. the same applies, e.g., to apt
(/var/log/apt/...) - so what would be the correct procedure in this case?
i don't care that much about the logs themselves, this is just a
notebook...
thanks for info!
best,
I don't recommend placing /var/log on tmpfs. Instead I recommend you
take one of these actions:
1: Edit /etc/syslog.conf so that logs are written to a tmpfs filesystem.
You can place /tmp on tmpfs, so logs can go under /tmp/log/.
2: Edit /etc/syslog.conf so that no logging takes place; read "man
syslog.conf"; you'll probably end up commenting out some lines.
3: Disable system logging using sysv-rc-conf or something similar. You
might target sysklogd and/or klogd for disabling.
The above ideas assume that the only logging you don't care about will
come from syslog. If you truly don't care about /anything/ that might be
written to /var/log/, you can go ahead and place it on tmpfs, and copy a
template (or skeleton) over that filesystem at boot. The template would
contain the files and directories needed by the applications that use
/var/log.
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