error messages in /var/log/messages

[steeles]

there are in /var/log/messages. how can I solve this problem? I know it is space issue. but where can I start?

Mar 2 10:40:41 ww1 syslog-ng[2851]: io.c: do_write: write() failed (errno 2, No space left on device
Mar 2 10:40:41 ww1 syslog-ng[2851]: pkt_buffer::do_flush(): Error flushing data
Mar 2 10:40:41 ww1 auditd[3912]: Audit daemon has no space left on logging partition
Mar 2 10:40:41 ww1 auditd[3912]: Audit daemon has no space left on logging partition
Mar 2 10:40:41 ww1 auditd[3912]: Audit daemon has no space left on logging partition
Mar 2 10:40:41 ww1 auditd[3912]: Audit daemon has no space left on logging partition

Thanks.

[kahoona]

Run this:
df -m

That shows your partitions and how full they are in MB. Go ahead and post the output if you still have problems.

[devils casper]

boot up in command line mode, log in as root and delete message files.

cd /var/log
rm -f messages.*

Casper

[steeles]

Thanks for the input.

svr1:~ # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 20G 9.1G 9.6G 49% /
udev 1014M 116K 1014M 1% /dev
/dev/sda7 33G 1.2G 30G 4% /home


how can I prevent this log getting bigger?