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Date:      Fri, 05 Jun 1998 00:51:11 GMT
From:      mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa)
To:        guff@esther.falconsoft.com (Tim Gustafson)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /var fills up every night?
Message-ID:  <3577407d.939647992@mail.sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980604092330.25716A-100000@esther.falconsoft.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980604092330.25716A-100000@esther.falconsoft.com>

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On Thu, 4 Jun 1998 09:26:46 -0400 (EDT), in
sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote:

>hello
>
>i have several FreeBSD machines, all of which run great, except for one
>that every night, the /var file system fills up to 108%.  by the time I
>get there the next day to see what's filling it up, it's down to like 9%.
>could this be a temporary file or something that's gumming up the works?

If you dont already, add the line in /etc/syslog.conf

kern.*	<TAB>	/var/log/kernel

and see exactly when at night the disk fills up... Perhaps it
coincides with the /etc/daily script ? or when log files get rotated ?

	---Mike

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