Clear auth log

I was wondering: Is it safe to clear out the logs in the auth.log file and if so how can that be done? Could I just ope...

Clear auth log

I was wondering: Is it safe to clear out the logs in the auth.log file and if so how can that be done? Could I just open it as root, highlight and ...,Try this: $ sudo sh -c "cat /dev/null > error.log". The problem is that with the command you used, you are really running two commands: the first cat is run as root ...

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Can I delete varlogbtmp and varlogauth.log files? - Stack ...

You are better off just slicking them with something like cat /dev/null > /var/log/btmp cat /dev/null > /var/log/auth.log.

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clear auth.log - Linux Mint Forums

I was wondering: Is it safe to clear out the logs in the auth.log file and if so how can that be done? Could I just open it as root, highlight and ...

https://forums.linuxmint.com

Clearing a log file owned by root - Server Fault

Try this: $ sudo sh -c "cat /dev/null > error.log". The problem is that with the command you used, you are really running two commands: the first cat is run as root ...

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Clearing auth.log - Ubuntu Forums

Clearing auth.log. How do I clear my auth.log? It would not allow me to overwrite with nothing (sudo echo "" > /etc/var/auth.log). cdtech's Avatar.

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Clearing up log files - PCLinuxOS

So, why didn't I delete auth.log as well? Call me paranoid but IMO syslogd, will look for that logfile and if as user it is not available, we're probably ...

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Delete all of varlog? - Server Fault

Instead of deleting the files you should rotate them, e. g. using logrotate . You never know when you'll actually need the logs from some time ago, so it's better to ...

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Empty or Delete a log files in Linux or UNIX - nixCraft

Explains how to empty or delete a log file in Linux or UNIX operating system using the truncate and other shell commands to clear log files.

https://www.cyberciti.biz

Is there a proper way to clear logs? - Server Fault

Yes, there's a proper way: You don't clear logs at all. You rotate them. Rotation involves switching log output to a new file, under the same name, with the previous N log files kept under a ...

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Linux Remove or Clear the Last Login Information - nixCraft

The /var/log/lastlog file stores user last login information. This is binary file and act as database times of previous user logins. You need to use ...

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Where does Clear Linux store the auth logs? : ClearLinux

I searched for it, but it is not under /var/log I'm trying to track down failed/successful logins.

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