Move /var/log to a new partition without breaking auto responders – cPanel

If your /var/ partition is full, and you’re having problems tracking down things you can safely delete, something you can do is move the /var/log to a different partition like /home.

To do this, you will need to modify a file however otherwise, customers auto responders will break.  I’m not sure why this happens, however cPanel support themselves have given me this fix.

First, mv /var/log to your new location.  In this example, we will move it to /home

• mv /var/log /home
• ln -s /home/log /var/log
• vi /var/cpanel/jailshell-additional-mounts
  • add /home/log to a blank line
• save the file

Autoresponders should now work properly with the log folder in a new location.