Deleting Files

Deleting Uploaded Files

Delete files uploaded to the VM, such as the .rpm packages of bms-network-config and SDI drivers.

Deleting Temporary Files

• Run the following commands to delete user login records:

  echo > /var/log/wtmp

  echo > /var/log/btmp

• Run the following commands to delete temporary files:

  rm -rf /var/log/cloud-init*

  rm -rf /var/lib/cloud/*

  rm -rf /var/log/network-config.log

• Delete residual configurations.
  • SUSE: Check for the files whose names start with ifcfg in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ folder and delete them except ifcfg-lo and ifcfg.template.

    Command for viewing a file: ll /etc/sysconfig/network/

    Command for deleting a file: rm -rf /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfgxxx

  • RedHat/CentOS/Oracle/Euler: Check for the files whose names start with ifcfg in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ folder and delete them except ifcfg-lo.

    Command for viewing a file: ll /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

    Command for deleting a file: rm -rf /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfgxxx

  • Ubuntu OS: Run the rm -rf /etc/network/interfaces.d/50-cloud-init.cfg command to delete the file.
• Run the following command to delete operation records:

  history -w;echo > /root/.bash_history;history -c;history -c;history -c;