Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:37:48 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au> Cc: Kevin Weiss <kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: an almost full /? Message-ID: <19990405123747.C1360@marder-1.localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990405005746.557.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au>; from Greg Black on Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 10:57:45AM %2B1000 References: <19990403200254.CC25B14C34@hub.freebsd.org> <19990404005958.F299@marder-1.localhost> <19990405005746.557.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au>
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On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 10:57:45AM +1000, Greg Black wrote:
> > > is there a way to increase my / directory?
> > >
> > > when I type df -k i get something like
> > > / ... ... ... 89%
> >
> > Mine is 82% (of 32MB). If the used %'age is growing, check where
> > root's home dir is. By default it's /root, try changing it to
> > /usr/root (and adding a symlink if necessary)
>
> Why do you suggest this? What happens on your machines to take
> up space in root's home directory?
>
It was just a suggestion. If you spend a lot of time logged in as
root (and I know you're going to say that you shouldn't do that,
and I don't) then it is possible to take up a lot of space in root's
home dir.
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> Greg Black <gjb@acm.org>
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