My access log file takeing more than 100 Go can i delete safely the access log file Could i delete it as root ? Can other users access to this file after recreating it ?
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You can remove access.log as root user, or using sudo.
sudo rm /var/log/nginx/access.log
However after deleting it, the file will not be re-created until nginx is re-loaded or re-started. To reload nginx do:
sudo service nginx reload
To re-size the file to 0 bytes, without having to re-load or re-start nginx, use the truncate command:
sudo truncate --size 0 /var/log/nginx/access.log
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Yes thanks but can I empty the file without reloading or restarting the server have you any idea ? – ben teber Aug 24 '19 at 16:42
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1Will truncating work reliably? In many cases, truncating a file that another process has open will cause it to keep writing at the old position, leaving a huge gap of nulls at the beginning. – Barmar Aug 27 '19 at 18:07
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You should use the standard log rotation utility in Linux to rotate your logs and delete old logs. See man logrotate for more details.
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