vnc log file increases

KhanT · 07-08-2013, 01:14 PM

Dear All,

I'm facing issue in one of my linux servers... we connect to it via vnc 192.168.x.x:3 .. we have observed that vnc log file of this session took a lot of space in filesystem and we need to delete it after every 2 days and it shows free space after restarting of linux server. We need permanent solution of it .. is there any permanent remedy present?

Thanks,

KhanT · 07-08-2013, 02:07 PM

please help me... i can't restart everytime my linux server..there r dbs running....

TB0ne · 07-08-2013, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by KhanT

Dear All,
I'm facing issue in one of my linux servers... we connect to it via vnc 192.168.x.x:3 .. we have observed that vnc log file of this session took a lot of space in filesystem and we need to delete it after every 2 days and it shows free space after restarting of linux server. We need permanent solution of it .. is there any permanent remedy present?

...and....

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Originally Posted by KhanT

please help me... i can't restart everytime my linux server..there r dbs running....

First, this is a VOLUNTEER forum; we don't just wait for you to post, so coming back after LESS THAN AN HOUR, and asking for help again is fairly rude. Second, all you managed to do is remove your thread from the zero-reply list, making it LESS VISIBLE, and LESS LIKELY TO BE ANSWERED. And spell out your words, please.

Your problem lacks a good amount of detail to give any in-depth answer. You don't say what version/distro of Linux, what kind of server (hosted? local? VM server?), or why you're connecting to it over VNC. VNC isn't a good way to connect to servers, since most of what an admin does can be done via SSH...replicating an entire X window GUI login is fairly pointless.

You don't have to restart the server to restart VNC...just restart that ONE service. If you want to remove old log files, then you can use logrotate (that's what its for), or just write a simple script to cat /dev/null into that log file, and put it in CRON to run automatically. For a more in-depth answer, post useful details.

KhanT · 07-08-2013, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TB0ne

...and....

First, this is a VOLUNTEER forum; we don't just wait for you to post, so coming back after LESS THAN AN HOUR, and asking for help again is fairly rude. Second, all you managed to do is remove your thread from the zero-reply list, making it LESS VISIBLE, and LESS LIKELY TO BE ANSWERED. And spell out your words, please.

Your problem lacks a good amount of detail to give any in-depth answer. You don't say what version/distro of Linux, what kind of server (hosted? local? VM server?), or why you're connecting to it over VNC. VNC isn't a good way to connect to servers, since most of what an admin does can be done via SSH...replicating an entire X window GUI login is fairly pointless.

You don't have to restart the server to restart VNC...just restart that ONE service. If you want to remove old log files, then you can use logrotate (that's what its for), or just write a simple script to cat /dev/null into that log file, and put it in CRON to run automatically. For a more in-depth answer, post useful details.

thanks - it's a Redhat linux server, locally hosted VM server but we experienced the same with a physical one..
thanks for the suggestion of script .. we will test it.. we didnt restart the server for VNC SERVICE.. we restart it after deleting huge log file size (in GBs) of vnc as free space didnt show up there untill we restart the server.

TB0ne · 07-08-2013, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KhanT

thanks - it's a Redhat linux server,

Well, "Red Hat Linux" server doesn't tell us much. There's Red Hat ENTERPRISE, which has been around for a LONG time, with numerous versions, and there's the old Red Hat distro. Which do you have?

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locally hosted VM server but we experienced the same with a physical one..

Ok, so now what kind of virtual server? VMware? Virtual Box? What's the host OS that the VM guest is hosted under?

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thanks for the suggestion of script .. we will test it..

Actually, I suggested logrotate first, which is what you SHOULD use. A script isn't the best solution.

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we didnt restart the server for VNC SERVICE.. we restart it after deleting huge log file size (in GBs) of vnc as free space didnt show up there untill we restart the server.

No, the logs didn't shrink until you restarted the VNC service, which gets restarted when the server does. If you stop the service first, then clear the logs, you can restart it...same effect.

And again, WHY are you using VNC?? What's the point? Why can't you use SSH?

KhanT · 07-08-2013, 03:21 PM

yeah- we should use logrotate ... i will be back after config it..