Clearing the var/log/adm/messages?

as400 · 04-12-2006, 12:07 PM

Now do I have to do this from the COMMAND terminal? Or in the files directory itself??

mdhmi · 04-16-2006, 11:09 PM

Solaris 9 uses "logadm" to rotate log files, including /var/adm/messages. Prior to Solaris 9 there was a root cron job.

You can always manually clear the log:

Code:

# cp /dev/null /var/adm/messages

Note that if you see a bunch of junk in /var/adm/messages you should adjust syslog as necessary.

Mark

jlliagre · 04-17-2006, 03:41 AM

Instead of "cp /dev/null", you can also run the simpler:

Code:

> /var/adm/messages