After removing the Xorg log file still the space still shows as consumed for the given filesystem on my RHEL server.

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Issue

  • After taking the backup and removing the Xorg log file still the space getting increase.
  • Root FS is getting full because of the Xorg files. Even though I have taken a backup and deleted them, the files are still occupying the space on the root FS.
    [root@server]# cat lsof | grep deleted
    Xorg       3009        0    0w      REG              253,0  18758591232     264962 /var/log/Xorg.0.log.05122015old (deleted)
    Xorg       3009        0    2w      REG              253,0  16553918847     264976 /var/log/gdm/:0.log (deleted)

    About 32Gbs of space being consumed by the above shown files, i.e /var/log/Xorg.0.log.05122015old (deleted) and /var/log/gdm/:0.log (deleted).

    Filesystem                     1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_slash   51606140  43733920   5250780  90% /   ===> /var is not a separate mount point.


    [root@server]# grep 3009 ps
    root      3009 11.4  0.0 168324 37124 tty1     Ss+  Oct09 10337:44 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -nr -verbose -audit 4 -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-1xunN1/database -nolisten tcp vt1

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
  • Filesystem saturation issue because of the Xorg logs.
  • SELINUX enforcing

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