"Saint John": what is writing to this log file?
Scenario: "Saint John": what is writing to this log file?
Level: Easy
Type: Fix
Access: Public
Description: A developer created a testing program that is continuously writing to a log file /var/log/bad.log and filling up disk. You can check for example with tail -f /var/log/bad.log.
This program is no longer needed. Find it and terminate it. Do not delete the log file.
Root (sudo) Access: True
Test: The log file size doesn't change (within a time interval bigger than the rate of change of the log file).
The "Check My Solution" button runs the script /home/admin/agent/check.sh, which you can see and execute.
Time to Solve: 10 minutes.