CentOS下清除系统日志

  • CentOS 6

cat /dev/null > /var/log/boot.log
cat /dev/null > /var/log/btmp
cat /dev/null > /var/log/cron
cat /dev/null > /var/log/dmesg
cat /dev/null > /var/log/dracut.log
cat /dev/null > /var/log/lastlog
cat /dev/null > /var/log/maillog
cat /dev/null > /var/log/messages
cat /dev/null > /var/log/secure
cat /dev/null > /var/log/spooler
cat /dev/null > /var/log/tallylog
cat /dev/null > /var/log/wtmp
cat /dev/null > /var/log/yum.log

  • CentOS 7

cat /dev/null > /var/log/boot.log
cat /dev/null > /var/log/btmp
cat /dev/null > /var/log/cron
cat /dev/null > /var/log/dmesg
cat /dev/null > /var/log/firewalld
cat /dev/null > /var/log/grubby
cat /dev/null > /var/log/lastlog
cat /dev/null > /var/log/mail.info
cat /dev/null > /var/log/maillog
cat /dev/null > /var/log/messages
cat /dev/null > /var/log/secure
cat /dev/null > /var/log/spooler
cat /dev/null > /var/log/syslog
cat /dev/null > /var/log/tallylog
cat /dev/null > /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log
cat /dev/null > /var/log/wtmp
cat /dev/null > /var/log/yum.log

  • 清除Centos系统用户登录记录和命令记录

echo > /var/log/wtmp #清除用户登录记录和命令记录
echo > /var/log/btmp 
echo > /var/log/secure #如果没有这个文件，重启syslog进程service syslog restart
echo > .bash_history

history -c #清除命令记录

  • 清除其它文件（Debian系统）

sudo apt-get autoclean 清理旧版本的软件缓存
sudo apt-get clean 清理所有软件缓存
sudo apt-get autoremove 删除系统不再使用的孤立软件