/var/webmin/diffs folder large

Submitted by xkeywee on Thu, 05/22/2014 - 20:32

Hi

I have 5 servers and on one (sv02) the /var/webmin/diffs folder has grown quite large

running "du -sh /var/webmin/diffs" on the servers I get..

sv02 - 1.3G sv03 - 116M sv04 - 331M sv05 - 19M sv06 - 12M

The were all loaded from the same AMI and are all running the same systems

Webmin version: 1.684 Virtualmin version: 4.08 Pro Theme version: 8.7 Kernel and CPU: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 on x86_64 Operating system: Debian Linux 6.0 Perl version: 5.010001 Path to Perl: /usr/bin/perl BIND version: 9.7.3 Postfix version: 2.7.1 Mail injection command: /usr/lib/sendmail -t Apache version: 2.2.16 PHP versions: 5.3.3 Logrotate version: 3.7.8 MySQL version: 5.1.73 ProFTPd version: 1.33 SpamAssassin version: 3.3.1 ClamAV version: 0.97.8

Is there a way to fix this?

Cheers Greg

Status: 
Closed (works as designed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 05/22/2014 - 23:50

Yes, you can reduce the log retention period in Webmin at Webmin -> Webmin Configuration -> Logging, in the "Periodically clear log files?" field.

Submitted by xkeywee on Fri, 05/23/2014 - 18:04

Thanks for the prompt reply Jamie

I set "Periodically clear log files?" but after 24 hours "du -sh /var/webmin/diffs" is still showing 1.3G

How long should it take before it removes some of the files?

Cheers Greg

Submitted by JamieCameron on Fri, 05/23/2014 - 18:13

Have you performed any actions in Webmin in the last 24 hours? Clearing only happens when some action (which makes a change) occurs.

Submitted by xkeywee on Sat, 05/24/2014 - 18:29

Hi Jamie

Can you tell me what action in Webmin would trigger thus as I have done all sorts of things but it has made no difference.

Cheers Greg

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 05/24/2014 - 18:57

Something that changes the system, like adding or removing a user.

Submitted by xkeywee on Sat, 05/24/2014 - 20:27

Hi Jamie

I went it to Webmin Users and added a new user but it has made no difference.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 05/24/2014 - 20:35

Are there any files or directories under /var/webmin/diffs that are more than 1 day old?

Submitted by xkeywee on Sat, 05/24/2014 - 22:10

There are 178 folders in the /var/webmin/diffs folder, they days back to Jul 2013 and with the most recent today

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 05/24/2014 - 22:32

Do you have a /var/webmin/webmin.log.time file on your system, and if so what is the modification time on it?

Submitted by xkeywee on Sat, 05/24/2014 - 23:14

Yes there is a /var/webmin/webmin.log.time file and it has a timestamp of 2014-05-23 16:01:06.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 01:39

That looks OK..

Can you delete the /var/webmin/diffs directory manually, with a command like rm -rf /var/webmin/diffs ? Or does that fail?

Submitted by xkeywee on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 04:55

I was able to delete the /var/webmin/diffs directory manually, it gave no errors.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 20:36

Can you also try running the following command and let me know what it outputs :

grep -e logclear -e logtime /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf

Submitted by xkeywee on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 21:05

Hi Jamie

I ran "grep -e logclear -e logtime /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf" and got the following output

logtime=168 logclear=1

Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 05/26/2014 - 17:34

That also looks OK .. and on my test systems, log clearing works fine. I think I'd have to actually login to your system myself to debug this further.

Submitted by xkeywee on Mon, 05/26/2014 - 17:48

Hi Jamie

I am happy to give you access but we only allow ssh and Virtualmin access via a VPN, if you can give me an email address I can send you details etc to gain access.