From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 22:08:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC58016A417 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:08:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from csar@123.com.sv) Received: from asgard1.americatelsal.com (asgard.americatelsal.com [200.13.161.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26E7413C45A for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:08:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from csar@123.com.sv) Received: (qmail 63514 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2007 22:22:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (200.13.161.68) by asgard1.americatelsal.com with SMTP; 12 Dec 2007 22:22:28 -0000 Message-ID: <47605C8C.4010601@123.com.sv> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:11:24 -0600 From: Cesar Amaya User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister References: <4760208B.5060707@123.com.sv> <192E5FCC5BDD87CAD2C1341E@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <47604075.8060705@123.com.sv> <18272.17315.714141.372324@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <47604DE2.4010307@123.com.sv> <20071212211342.GA11906@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20071212211342.GA11906@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 071211-0, 11/12/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Cc: Paul Schmehl , Robert Huff , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp: filesystem full X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:08:10 -0000 > Looks like something, maybe your mail program has a large file open - > maybe trying to receive a huge file. Killing the process could get > that file closed and either it would be gone or would finally show > how much space it is holding. > > ////jerry > > I even restarted the server but the problem is still there. this is what I got every amount of time (not always). root mail.local 8987 3 /tmp 4 -rw------- 616886272 rw I donīt understand why mail.local is gathering a file that big