Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:19:03 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Cesar Amaya <csar@123.com.sv> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp: filesystem full Message-ID: <20071212221903.GB12113@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <47605C8C.4010601@123.com.sv> 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> <47605C8C.4010601@123.com.sv>
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 04:11:24PM -0600, Cesar Amaya wrote: > > >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 Apparently someone out there keeps trying to resend that awful huge mail file, so whenever you restart, it gets stuck in that same condition. If you can track down the source of the file, either nuke it or block it. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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