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Log files in the system32\log files folder
Need to free up diskspace on the c:\ of a Window2003 SBS Server.
there is over 1GB of text log files in the c:\windows\system32\logfil es folder
the subfolders from there are W3SVC1 and W3SVC4
the text files are name ex(date).log so for example ex101008.log
they date back to the beginning of the server's life
Are they safe to delete? Here is an example of what is in part of one
#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
#Version: 1.0
#Date: 2008-10-04 00:00:03
#Fields: date time s-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query s-port cs-username c-ip cs(User-Agent) sc-status sc-substatus sc-win32-status
2008-10-04 00:00:03 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:03 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:03 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:13 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:13 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:13 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:16 192.168.1.1 GET /secars/secars.dll h=544C881BCBA1223E06644C6A E5BA906D90 4D9B7CEAB2 83B6C2C025 2F33382498 D16FCBBCF2 7F1A44C5B5 016F3B9199 361AFF92B5 18151D7801 CE5EF40162 29433780EF 59A7CE6117 C080F2BC93 14029C5747 526EB73FA0 F3B8A845E8 12AE6B154B 7588403DB8 3E62DC80A9 8F64525368 1841A9F02E 73F580D2F9 671227798E 6EE6741DF2 B3C7EC11D0 BC90DF3ECC C1E1C398FE BBFAD422C7 F340DC693D 0869AA7B96 0F12139E5B C29EB9188A F716D8CD70 065DE12E35 0C18E33CA4 453419231E 3791D64CF2 F4AAA43509 892E8B808B 025F53F607 A23D06C375 2287164C5C FE40C9D37C 27DC5D07EF 75B1DF6CEE 8A29584329 98C3813569 B129B900CE 5B06D823D3 472FE3C4EB E89C724ED8 4CC7840F97 9104630AB0 B6FAED5183 8C512B930E BAC0DCFAE6 17F531D3A2 7B43CAE4A0 F453C829B1 49DF44E566 5A19202E85 A577EE4B31 245089A4AE C676BE73E5 82FDECC7BD EC9DD32E2E C9AFD41049 E1EBBA219D 34F554E010 5D1DEA8533 1F8BDBABFF 6A8BA21E97 B4F0532760 867DA86852 59F8 80 - 192.168.1.24 Smc 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:16 192.168.1.1 POST /secars/secars.dll h=AD769126175B7E13DF8F8D75 8DF662CFF4 E71FC84F67 61AD834088 4307FB13D6 10BE3502A7 91AF6801FC C1E5060DFC 69D02483A8 E7530CF1A8 8FFCD8A824 958213FCBC 39165ED034 402C42A480 999A5DF876 E6A6484531 B37FF86C96 751636384E 5C1E743749 B0FFAE3A0B E4B0631746 8AA937BD4B BBA3F6D599 9A89735EF5 AA538E7C4F 1B51EEE8DD 7F5E9E146B 4E057BEE37 00DD6E0077 A530B84E78 B20759CAF8 B053CC0910 7C51DD1FF9 91EB053D13 4A456079B8 F49B89C675 EDF7B3CA9D 8377DD6C03 DA05A75D03 260CEE0D9D E208834561 B3EFF62FC2 AC2F5046AC 59D0408E44 BB8862DE2D 554B143156 659AC08B07 D9B699AAAC BDF1063193 D8AB8AF25E 8BC088BF18 EE96D7BF6D 71523590CD 43CAFCFCC7 187FCA983C 192F66382E 978B171788 4B861AF3D9 6B99D80E0D 92CA 80 - 192.168.1.24 Smc 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:18 192.168.1.1 GET /secars/secars.dll h=59B1C845B4AFB76898F2F536 DDCCDD95F4 E71FC84F67 61AD834088 4307FB13D6 10BE3502A7 91AF6801FC C1E5060DFC 69D02483A8 E7530CF1A8 8FFCD8A824 958213FCBC 39165ED034 402C42A480 999A5DF876 E6A6484531 B37FF86C96 751636384E 5C1E743749 B0FFAE3A0B E4B0631746 8AA937BD4B BBA3F6D599 9A89735EF5 AA538E7C4F 1B51EEE8DD 7F5E9E146B 4E057BEE37 00DD6E0077 A530B84E78 B20759CAF8 B053CC0910 7C51DD1FF9 91EB053D13 4A456079B8 F49B89C675 EDF7B3CA9D A8A2427A0B 543517E94A 7EBAD878AC D68F6B0498 CD9BCEAEF3 E720D97BEE BC258544EC 1AEC470D7C E2EC8FEB8C 5149DD3E3A FDFE3464DA 7FCCBC63D8 D918249AEC 953A76940C C4E015A283 04E7197530 80 - 192.168.1.24 Smc 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:23 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:23 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:23 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:33 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:33 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:33 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:43 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:43 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:43 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:47 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=238 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:53 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:53 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:53 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:03 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:03 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:03 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:13 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:13 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:13 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:15 192.168.1.1 GET /secars/secars.dll h=A11AAD19352CCE55EF306D60 5786D8C8CA 224C2F45AC 3FDDA63D21 96981BE546 1C4C189D47 DAEA8A0B9A 59981C45FA 0E2C2FBC6D DFDD6B6B93 4E625468E6 F2E020C67A 8266A0C03
there is over 1GB of text log files in the c:\windows\system32\logfil
the subfolders from there are W3SVC1 and W3SVC4
the text files are name ex(date).log so for example ex101008.log
they date back to the beginning of the server's life
Are they safe to delete? Here is an example of what is in part of one
#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
#Version: 1.0
#Date: 2008-10-04 00:00:03
#Fields: date time s-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query s-port cs-username c-ip cs(User-Agent) sc-status sc-substatus sc-win32-status
2008-10-04 00:00:03 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:03 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:03 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:13 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:13 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:13 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:16 192.168.1.1 GET /secars/secars.dll h=544C881BCBA1223E06644C6A
2008-10-04 00:00:16 192.168.1.1 POST /secars/secars.dll h=AD769126175B7E13DF8F8D75
2008-10-04 00:00:18 192.168.1.1 GET /secars/secars.dll h=59B1C845B4AFB76898F2F536
2008-10-04 00:00:23 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:23 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:23 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:33 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:33 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:33 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:43 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:43 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:43 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:47 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=238 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:53 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:53 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:00:53 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:03 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:03 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:03 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:13 127.0.0.1 POST /secars/secars.dll action=235&reset=1 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:13 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=36 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:13 127.0.0.1 GET /secars/secars.dll action=38&usn=18 80 - 127.0.0.1 Java/1.5.0_14 200 0 0
2008-10-04 00:01:15 192.168.1.1 GET /secars/secars.dll h=A11AAD19352CCE55EF306D60
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