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Operating Systems Linux Fedora /var/log/btmp size 2.2Gb daily Post 302948815 by Don Cragun on Thursday 2nd of July 2015 05:20:22 PM
Old 07-02-2015
The obvious suggestion is to look at the contents of /var/log/btmp, determine what is causing those log entries to be created, determine how to fix the issue(s) that is(are) generating so many log entries, and fix that(those) issue(s).

My crystal ball isn't clear enough today for me to determine what is in 2+ Gb of data in /var/log/btmp on your system.
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SA2(8)								Linux User's Manual							    SA2(8)

NAME
sa2 - Write a daily report in the /var/log/sa directory. SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib64/sa/sa2 DESCRIPTION
The sa2 command is a shell procedure variant of the sar command which writes a daily report in the /var/log/sa/sardd file, where the dd parameter indicates the current day. The sa2 command handles all of the flags and parameters of the sar command. The sa2 command is designed to be started automatically by the cron command. EXAMPLES
To run the sa2 command daily, place the following entry in your root or adm crontab file: 5 19 * * 1-5 /usr/lib64/sa/sa2 -A & This will generate a daily report called /var/log/sa/sardd It will also remove reports more than one week old. FILES
/var/log/sa/sardd Indicate the daily report file, where the dd parameter is a number representing the day of the month. AUTHOR
Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr) SEE ALSO
sar(1), sadc(8), sa1(8), sadf(1) http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/ Linux AUGUST 2010 SA2(8)
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