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From: mlduke <mlduke@concentric.net>
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Subject: Re: file system full?
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>     servername/kernel: pid 561 (sendmail), uid 1001 on /var: file system
> full

Do:
>df <return>

And look at the percentage number in front of /var

If it's close to 100%, your system is about to die.

If so, go into /var look for large files. Log files can be big if ignored.
Do you have StarOffice installed? Some default installs will put that
sucker on /var and kill your machine.

ML Duke



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