Difference between revisions of "Limit the size of .log files & the journal"

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==You don't have to use "sudo" with journalctl==

Add your '''user''' to '''adm''' group. This gives your <user> full use of the '''journalctl''' command. No more need to use sudo.

Swap "handy" for your username in the following:

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===== Access to full journal containing info from the system & users: =====

=== Access to full journal containing info from the system & users: ===

$ journalctl

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By experimenting with the above commands one can make an informed decision for themselves, though as mentioned at the beginning of the Journal section, Arch & therefore Manjaro still run both the new systemd journal & the old style log file system in parallel. So if you find the /var/log/*log files to be redundant & you want to be rid of them, various methods would be effective.

Currently I'm running my system with syslog-ng (& its dependency) deleted. I deleted all of the log files from the /var/log directory (leaving any that are in their own sub-directories), except for Xorg.0.log , Xorg.0.old , lastlog , btmp & wtmp (pacman.log turned up when pacman was used~~). The deleted log files came back~~ on ~~reboot~~, ~~but having since deleted them again they~~ have ~~stayed deleted for multiple reboots~~.

Currently I'm running my system with '''syslog-ng''' (& its dependency) deleted. I deleted all of the log files from the /var/log directory (leaving any that are in their own sub-directories), except for Xorg.0.log , Xorg.0.old , lastlog , btmp & wtmp, (pacman.log turned up when pacman was used, depending on what you have installed on your system, you may have applications that create their own logs - which can be turned off - too).

= Managing /var/log/* files =

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 ==You don't have to use "sudo" with journalctl==
- Add your '''user''' to '''adm''' group. This gives your <user> full use of the '''journalctl''' command. No more need to use sudo.
+Add your '''user''' to '''adm''' group. This gives your <user> full use of the '''journalctl''' command. No more need to use sudo.
 Swap "handy" for your username in the following:
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-===== Access to full journal containing info from the system & users: =====
+=== Access to full journal containing info from the system & users: ===
   $ journalctl
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 By experimenting with the above commands one can make an informed decision for themselves, though as mentioned at the beginning of the Journal section, Arch & therefore Manjaro still run both the new systemd journal & the old style log file system in parallel. So if you find the /var/log/*log files to be redundant & you want to be rid of them, various methods would be effective.
-Currently I'm running my system with syslog-ng (& its dependency) deleted. I deleted all of the log files from the /var/log directory (leaving any that are in their own sub-directories), except for Xorg.0.log , Xorg.0.old , lastlog , btmp & wtmp (pacman.log turned up when pacman was used). The deleted log files came back on reboot, but having since deleted them again they have stayed deleted for multiple reboots.
+Currently I'm running my system with '''syslog-ng''' (& its dependency) deleted. I deleted all of the log files from the /var/log directory (leaving any that are in their own sub-directories), except for Xorg.0.log , Xorg.0.old , lastlog , btmp & wtmp, (pacman.log turned up when pacman was used, depending on what you have installed on your system, you may have applications that create their own logs - which can be turned off - too).
 = Managing /var/log/* files =