hidden log file threatens to delete site

[Raptor]

On one of the message boards I administrate, there is a hidden "log" file.  It logs every click, every IP, and the file has grown to over 34 MB.  The site is only allowed about 35 MB.  If this "log" file continues to grow, the site will be deleted.  Is there anything you can tell me to do to delete this file?

btw, I'm not talking about the "active user's log." The file was added by a disgruntled user, which we banned.  I'm not sure where the "log" file is located.

[David]

I would do two things.  First look in your attachments directory and see if it is there.  Do you have ssh or telnet access to the machine?  If so try and find file sizes of folders and see which one is to big.  If it is *nix do ls -la which should show you everything in a directory.  If it is windows make sure you can see hidden files.  Or download your entire site via ftp and look for it locally then try to delete is over ftp.  This would be a short term fix.  I would then contact your host, actuall I would contact them anyway, explain what happened and see if they can help.  It may be worth reinstalling your site to try and get rid of this log file in the future.  Your host may also be able to help pindown both the location of the log file and what is creating it.  Also, if you have the user's ip address, goto this site http://www.arin.net and look up their isp by their ip address.  Arin is like whois but for ip addresses.  Then contact their isp.  Have fun with it, make the user's life crap if you can, get them kicked off of their isp.  I may seem mean but I got hacked and my server crappity smacked up from a guy in New York and I know how much it sucks.

[Nerd3d]

My web server logs everything too. I just SSH in every week or so and wack all the logs.

cd /home/virtual/(site name)/var/log/httpd
rm *.*

Use *.* because it leaves the current log which on my server has no extension.

Every once in a while I actually look at the error log (gasp!)

[mediman]

regulary logfiles like access_log do not affect your disk quota, so you have nothing to delete.