Log files in /opt are actually in /var

[truerelaxation]

I recently had an issue where my SPLAT harddrive was filled with logs. When I cd to $FWDIR/log I can see from pwd that I'm in /opt/CPSuite-R65/fw1/log. I ran a df -k and saw that I had a healthy amount of space in /opt. A week or so later my SPLAT SmartCenter server stopped logging. After some investigation I found that the logs were actually in /var and that volume was filled. I removed some log files and now everything is working fine.

I'd like to learn how log files that appeared to be in the /opt volume based on the ouput of pwd ended up in /var.

Is this something that is unique to Check Point and SPLAT as a flavor of Linux or is this something verifiable that I can check using standard LInux tools? Which tools/commands, if any, can I use?

Thanks,
TR

[cciesec2006]

As you can see, /opt/CPfw1-R55/log is symlink to /var/opt/CPfw1-R55/log
That is how SPLAT works.

[Expert@testgw1]# pwd
/opt/CPfw1-R55
[Expert@testgw1]# ls -la
total 58116
drwxr-x--- 13 root bin 4096 Jun 4 2007 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Nov 26 21:20 ..
-rwxrwx--- 1 root bin 16456 Dec 22 2003 LICENSE.TXT
drwxr-x--- 4 root bin 4096 Jun 4 2007 SU
drwxr-x--- 5 root bin 4096 Jun 4 2007 bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 12 Sep 26 19:54 boot -> /etc/fw.boot
drwxrwx--- 2 root bin 4096 Dec 22 2003 cisco
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 23 Sep 26 19:54 conf -> /var/opt/CPfw1-R55/conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Sep 26 19:54 database -> /var/opt/CPfw1-R55/database
drwxrwx--- 2 root bin 4096 Dec 22 2003 doc
-rw-rw---- 1 root root 29187078 Oct 9 14:23 fw1_HOTFIX_HFA_R55_17_bcp.tgz
-rw-rw---- 1 root root 30159553 Dec 11 22:01 fw1_HOTFIX_HFA_R55_20_bcp.tgz
drwxr-x--- 2 root bin 4096 Jun 4 2007 hash
drwxr-x--- 4 root bin 4096 Jun 4 2007 lib
drwxr-x--- 2 root bin 4096 Jun 4 2007 libsw
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Sep 26 19:54 log -> /var/opt/CPfw1-R55/log
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Sep 26 19:54 modules -> /etc/fw.boot/modules
drwxrwx--- 2 root bin 4096 Sep 26 19:54 scripts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Sep 26 19:54 spool -> /var/opt/CPfw1-R55/spool
drwx------ 6 root root 4096 Dec 10 16:05 state
drwxr-x--- 5 root bin 4096 Jun 4 2007 sup
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 22 Sep 26 19:54 tmp -> /var/opt/CPfw1-R55/tmp
-rwxr-x--- 1 root bin 6277 Nov 1 2005 uninstall_fw1_HOTFIX_HFA_R55_17
-rwxr-x--- 1 root bin 6277 Jun 4 2007 uninstall_fw1_HOTFIX_HFA_R55_20
drwxrwx--- 2 root bin 4096 Sep 26 19:54 well
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