Re: Free Inodes

[Jason <security () brvenik com>]

Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
> I know the whole "I'm running out of inodes" thing is in the FAQ.
>
> What I don't understand is why a potentially large directory is put in 
> what is one of the typically smallest directories.

I'm confused by this statement. Why wouldn't the logs be placed under 
/var/log?

> How can I change this directory?  Under FreeBSD I've tried a symlink 
> from /usr/local/var/log/snort to /var/log/snort but it looks like that's 
> blown away and replaced by a real directory at snort startup.
>
> I'm less thrilled by the idea of moving all of /var/log under /usr to 
> fix this.
>
> Is there a config file I can tweak to handle this?

http://www.snort.org/docs/snort_htmanuals/htmanual_233/node10.html

> Also, I figure I can clean out the directory with a periodic cron tab 
> (every five minutes)
>
> find / -atime +1h -delete
>
> Will this break things?

no

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