(root)@sys-ubuntu:/var/log# ls -l /var
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-03-04 06:51 backups
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 2009-08-24 23:52 cache
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-06-13 23:51 crash
drwxr-xr-x 51 root root 4096 2009-12-05 12:52 lib
drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 2008-10-20 08:27 local
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 120 2010-03-04 06:51 lock
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2010-03-04 06:51 log
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 2008-12-02 10:20 mail
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-02 10:20 opt
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-02-07 18:54 packages
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-08-24 23:52 rails
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 700 2010-03-04 14:12 run
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2010-02-07 18:49 spool
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 2010-03-04 06:51 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-02-27 13:15 www
(root)@sys-ubuntu:/var/log# ls -l /var/log
total 16120
drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 2010-03-01 06:40 apache2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-03-01 06:40 apt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 947 2010-03-03 23:19 aptitude
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 689 2010-02-27 00:37 aptitude.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1017 2010-01-29 09:00 aptitude.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 808 2009-12-30 03:34 aptitude.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1203 2009-11-30 11:57 aptitude.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 972 2009-11-18 11:49 aptitude.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1375 2009-07-31 10:31 aptitude.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 379451 2010-03-04 14:10 auth.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 609972 2010-02-28 06:47 auth.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 43852 2010-02-21 06:49 auth.log.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 46402 2010-02-14 06:48 auth.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 45843 2010-02-07 06:50 auth.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 36304 2009-08-02 06:47 auth.log.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 35556 2009-07-26 06:47 auth.log.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 31 2008-12-02 10:21 boot
-rw-rw---- 1 root utmp 0 2010-03-01 06:40 btmp
-rw-rw---- 1 root utmp 0 2010-02-01 06:43 btmp.1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-29 11:57 ConsoleKit
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 120309 2010-03-04 14:10 cron.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 195299 2010-02-28 06:47 cron.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 10688 2010-02-21 06:47 cron.log.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 10631 2010-02-14 06:47 cron.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 10990 2010-02-07 06:50 cron.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3281557 2010-03-04 14:13 daemon.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1960657 2010-03-04 06:51 daemon.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 124333 2010-03-02 06:28 daemon.log.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 63696 2010-02-28 06:49 daemon.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 126675 2010-02-27 06:28 daemon.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 129513 2010-02-25 06:52 daemon.log.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 131039 2010-02-23 06:41 daemon.log.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 132970 2010-02-20 06:43 daemon.log.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2744608 2010-03-04 14:06 debug
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 9775 2010-02-07 06:47 debug.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1950 2010-01-17 06:47 debug.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3245 2009-12-06 06:47 debug.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1912 2009-11-29 06:47 debug.3.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-29 11:58 dist-upgrade
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 36094 2010-02-05 09:16 dmesg
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 35881 2010-01-14 10:40 dmesg.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 10756 2009-12-05 00:13 dmesg.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 10758 2009-12-05 00:04 dmesg.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 10346 2009-12-04 23:51 dmesg.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 10330 2009-11-24 12:31 dmesg.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2186 2010-03-03 23:19 dpkg.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 41283 2010-02-27 00:37 dpkg.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2490 2009-03-31 08:39 dpkg.log.10.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 493 2009-03-06 07:12 dpkg.log.11.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2388 2009-02-28 00:07 dpkg.log.12.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2722 2010-01-29 09:00 dpkg.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2471 2009-12-30 03:34 dpkg.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 4064 2009-11-28 00:09 dpkg.log.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 10373 2009-11-18 11:49 dpkg.log.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 6361 2009-07-30 23:08 dpkg.log.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 9133 2009-06-30 09:47 dpkg.log.7.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 1477 2009-05-31 23:58 dpkg.log.8.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 38032 2009-04-29 11:58 dpkg.log.9.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32288 2010-01-14 10:35 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 793 2009-04-29 11:56 fontconfig.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-02 10:21 fsck
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-26 21:02 func
drwxr-sr-x 2 hobbit adm 4096 2010-02-28 06:40 hobbit
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-06-09 06:13 installer
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 350 2010-03-04 00:33 kern.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3082 2010-02-28 06:49 kern.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 269 2010-02-21 06:49 kern.log.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 404 2010-02-14 06:49 kern.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 11649 2010-02-07 06:51 kern.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 114014 2009-07-18 06:33 kern.log.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 98796 2009-07-17 06:42 kern.log.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 196 2009-07-12 06:48 kern.log.6.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 294628 2010-03-04 12:19 lastlog
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2008-12-02 10:22 lpr.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2008-12-14 06:48 mail.err
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 103 2008-12-02 15:38 mail.err.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3790 2010-03-04 00:01 mail.info
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5695 2010-02-28 00:01 mail.info.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 966 2010-02-21 00:01 mail.info.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1547 2010-02-14 00:01 mail.info.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 6705 2010-02-07 05:17 mail.info.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5259 2009-08-16 04:57 mail.info.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 928 2009-08-09 00:00 mail.info.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1112 2009-08-02 00:00 mail.info.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3790 2010-03-04 00:01 mail.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5695 2010-02-28 00:01 mail.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 965 2010-02-21 00:01 mail.log.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1546 2010-02-14 00:01 mail.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 6704 2010-02-07 05:17 mail.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5258 2009-08-16 04:57 mail.log.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 927 2009-08-09 00:00 mail.log.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1111 2009-08-02 00:00 mail.log.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2008-12-14 06:48 mail.warn
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 103 2008-12-02 15:38 mail.warn.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 15808 2010-03-04 13:16 messages
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 28465 2010-02-28 06:49 messages.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 751 2010-02-21 06:49 messages.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1131 2010-02-14 06:49 messages.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 13662 2010-02-07 06:51 messages.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 16376 2009-07-26 06:48 messages.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 132052 2009-07-19 06:41 messages.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 131369 2009-07-18 06:33 messages.6.gz
drwxr-sr-x 2 news news 4096 2008-12-02 10:38 news
drwxr-xr-x 2 ntp ntp 4096 2008-08-20 13:03 ntpstats
drwxr-x--- 2 puppet puppet 4096 2010-02-28 06:40 puppet
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2008-12-02 10:29 pycentral.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-02-28 06:40 scrollkeeper.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-02-21 06:37 scrollkeeper.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-02-14 06:48 scrollkeeper.log.2
prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2008-12-17 16:28 sshguard.fifo
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3290201 2010-03-04 14:13 syslog
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1000753 2010-03-04 06:51 syslog.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 68999 2010-03-03 06:32 syslog.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 69120 2010-03-02 06:28 syslog.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 67997 2010-03-01 06:40 syslog.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 68220 2010-02-28 06:40 syslog.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 70322 2010-02-27 06:28 syslog.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 69170 2010-02-26 06:48 syslog.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178365 2010-02-05 09:15 udev
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-10-13 07:52 unattended-upgrades
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 334 2010-03-03 22:10 user.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 4950 2010-02-10 13:07 user.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2945 2010-02-07 06:47 user.log.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2898 2010-01-31 06:44 user.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2529 2010-01-24 06:50 user.log.3.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 12288 2010-03-04 13:27 wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 66048 2010-03-01 00:53 wtmp.1
(root)@sys-ubuntu:/var/log# ls -l /var/log/puppet
total 36
-rwxrwxrwx 1 puppet puppet 374 2010-02-28 06:40 masterhttp.log
-rw-rw---- 1 puppet puppet 170 2010-02-21 06:37 masterhttp.log.1.gz
-rw-rw---- 1 puppet puppet 167 2010-02-14 06:48 masterhttp.log.2.gz
-rw-rw---- 1 puppet puppet 185 2010-02-07 16:09 masterhttp.log.3.gz
-rw-rw---- 1 puppet puppet 170 2010-01-31 06:49 masterhttp.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 puppet puppet 0 2010-02-28 06:40 rails.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 puppet puppet 20 2010-02-21 06:37 rails.log.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 puppet puppet 20 2010-02-14 06:48 rails.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 puppet puppet 20 2010-02-07 06:39 rails.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 puppet puppet 20 2010-01-31 06:49 rails.log.4.gz
(root)@sys-ubuntu:/var/log# df -h /var
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1 65G 9.1G 52G 15% /
(root)@sys-ubuntu:/var/log# ls -ld /var
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2010-02-07 18:54 /var
(root)@sys-ubuntu:/var/log# ls -ld /var/log/
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2010-03-04 06:51 /var/log/
(root)@sys-ubuntu:/var/log# ls -ld /var/log/puppet/
drwxr-x--- 2 puppet puppet 4096 2010-02-28 06:40 /var/log/puppet/