Borden Rhodes <j...@bordenrhodes.com> writes: > Since there's almost no documentation as to what can be safely rm'd in > /var without breaking your system, I decide the least risky choice is > to sudo rm -rf the offending 3-gig syslog file from single-user mode > and the systemd debug shell. But *THIS* command failed because there > was 'no space left on the device'. Is this right? Does rm need space > on a drive to free other space?
Yes, this is right. The problem is not 'rm', the problem is that you use sudo without understanding why it is set up like that: sudo logs the command it executes to /var/log/auth.log -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.