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Re: [ts-7000] stopping logging daemons to reduce SD flash wear

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] stopping logging daemons to reduce SD flash wear
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 09:24:19 +0100 (BST)


On Thu, 26 May 2011, Rekcut_Nod wrote:

> I am using a Debian SD image on a TS-7260.  I have turned off the 
> bootlogd script in /etc/rcS.d and the klogd, and sysklogd scripts in 
> /etc/rc2.d.  However, the following logs in /var/log continue to update:
> 
> daemon.log
> dmesg
> faillog
> messages
> syslog
> user.log
> wtmp

That means syslogd is running, so you still have it starting up on boot.
Exactly what did you do?

Simply moving /etc/rc2.d/Snn_sysklogd to /etc/rc2.d/NO_Snn_sysklogd
should prevent it being started on boot.

> I want to minimize the amount of writes done to preserve the SD card for 
> long-duration unsupervised operation.  Can someone tell me how to keep 
> these logs from being written to?
> 
> Thanks,
> Don
> 
> 


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