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[webmin-l] Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?

[Andrey R. <anr...@ya...>]

Greetings, All!

Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?
I have several hundred megs there dated from ages past.
Some of which is no longer associated with anything in the current state of
the system.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 16:24:05

Sorry for my terrible english...

Re: [webmin-l] Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 03/Apr/2018 06:25 Andrey Repin <anr...@ya...> wrote ..
> Greetings, All!
> 
> Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?
> I have several hundred megs there dated from ages past.
> Some of which is no longer associated with anything in the current state of
> the system.

It shouldn't grow that large. Which file or directory is taking up all the
disk space?

Re: [webmin-l] Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?

[Andrey R. <anr...@ya...>]

Greetings, Jamie Cameron!

>> Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?
>> I have several hundred megs there dated from ages past.
>> Some of which is no longer associated with anything in the current state of
>> the system.

> It shouldn't grow that large. Which file or directory is taking up all the
> disk space?

Primarily system-status (approx half a hundred) and virtual-server (several hundred).


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 11:17:00

Sorry for my terrible english...

Re: [webmin-l] Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 04/Apr/2018 01:19 Andrey Repin <anr...@ya...> wrote ..
> Greetings, Jamie Cameron!
> 
> >> Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?
> >> I have several hundred megs there dated from ages past.
> >> Some of which is no longer associated with anything in the current state of
> >> the system.
> 
> > It shouldn't grow that large. Which file or directory is taking up all the
> > disk space?
> 
> Primarily system-status (approx half a hundred) and virtual-server (several hundred).

Are you checking this with the "du" command, or "ls -l" ? In some cases webmin uses
DBM format files that appear to consume a lot of disk space (as shown by ls -l) but 
actually don't.

Re: [webmin-l] Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?

[Andrey R. <anr...@ya...>]

Greetings, Jamie Cameron!

>> >> Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?
>> >> I have several hundred megs there dated from ages past.
>> >> Some of which is no longer associated with anything in the current state of
>> >> the system.
>> 
>> > It shouldn't grow that large. Which file or directory is taking up all the
>> > disk space?
>> 
>> Primarily system-status (approx half a hundred) and virtual-server (several hundred).

> Are you checking this with the "du" command, or "ls -l" ? In some cases webmin uses
> DBM format files that appear to consume a lot of disk space (as shown by ls -l) but
> actually don't.

du (this is how I actually narrowed on it)
This is after manual purging of nonexistent v'min accounts:

# du -ms * | sort -nr | head
100     virtual-server
61      system-status
1       xinetd
1       wuftpd
1       webminlog
1       webmincron
1       webmin
1       webalizer
1       vgetty
1       usermin



-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Thursday, April 5, 2018 20:39:45

Sorry for my terrible english...

Re: [webmin-l] Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 05/Apr/2018 10:42 Andrey Repin <anr...@ya...> wrote ..
> Greetings, Jamie Cameron!
> 
> >> >> Is it normal for /var/webmin/modules/ directory to grow unchecked?
> >> >> I have several hundred megs there dated from ages past.
> >> >> Some of which is no longer associated with anything in the current state
> of
> >> >> the system.
> >> 
> >> > It shouldn't grow that large. Which file or directory is taking up all the
> >> > disk space?
> >> 
> >> Primarily system-status (approx half a hundred) and virtual-server (several
> hundred).
> 
> > Are you checking this with the "du" command, or "ls -l" ? In some cases webmin
> uses
> > DBM format files that appear to consume a lot of disk space (as shown by ls -l)
> but
> > actually don't.
> 
> du (this is how I actually narrowed on it)
> This is after manual purging of nonexistent v'min accounts:
> 
> # du -ms * | sort -nr | head
> 100     virtual-server
> 61      system-status
> 1       xinetd
> 1       wuftpd
> 1       webminlog
> 1       webmincron
> 1       webmin
> 1       webalizer
> 1       vgetty
> 1       usermin

I'd recommend digging down into each directory with the "du" command, and
figure out which specific files or directories are so large on your system.