RE: Doubt on /var/log/messages

["Atul Chitnis" <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Also, there are 5 maillog files, similar to the messages files.
>
> Can I delete those old files?

You do not have to delete them - these are rotated log files and Linux will
delete the oldest one when it creates new ones. This is controlled bet
/etc/logrotate.conf.

Atul




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