Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:01:23 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Chris Nye <cjnye@arconassoc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie who can't get support from xoasis Message-ID: <424B0593.6010906@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <424A5334.70.84C7D2@localhost> References: <424A5334.70.84C7D2@localhost>
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Chris Nye wrote:
>after a YEAR of trying to get help from Xoasis, (They won't even call or
>email me back) I'm trying to resolve these issues myself.
>
>Sorry there are a bunch of questions. I would really appreciate it if
>someone can point me in the right direction. I've bought a couple of books
>and have a general understanding. But I'm afraid to take any big solo
>steps (even though I did last week in a crisis). My difficulty is figuring out
>exactly how they have tweaked the system
>
>In order of need
>
>Xoasis KTX2 sever appliance FreeBSD 4
>************************************
>DISK SPACE CRITICAL
>Short on disk space 97% utilized
>
>What I've tried
> deleted all snort logs
> moved /var/spool/mail/log/ee.core to /home
> (do I need it or can it be deleted??)
>
>
Do you intend to debug a core dump of "easy editor"? ;-)
Also, look at places like:
/tmp
/var/tmp
/var/log/*gz (old logs get zipped up by syslog in a std
configuration....)
/usr/ports/distfiles
>Can file /var/spool/mail/log/mainlog be deleted? it is hugh 1035325249
>( I would like to review it first, can it safely be moved to /home?)
>
>
>
You've not mentioned your disk's size, so I can't really
speculate. If you have a fast connection to some box
with enough space, I'd grab it off via ftp/sftp or the like
and then cat /dev/null to it as root and make a reminder
in the future to rotate the logs more often...
e.g.:
`cat /dev/null > /var/spool/mail/log/mainlog`
will erase the content of said file in place....
>*****************************************************
>MAIL ERROR
>cannot send mail from webmail - error:
>internet1 sendmail[619]: NOQUEUE:
>SYSERR(nobody):/etc/mail/submit.cf:line 415:
>readcf: option RunAsUser: unknown user smmsp
>
>**************************************************
>
>
Looks as if sendmail was updated without running
mergemaster. smmsp has been around for quite a
while IIRC; you could try adding it. On my boxes
his uid and gid are 25 and he is a member of groups
smmap and vscan, the latter of which is a requirement
of amavisd or the Sendmail-Milter IIRC.
>Mcaffee uvscan blows out every night.
>pd 14160 [ keeps changing] (uvscan) uid 0: exited on signal 11
>(coredumped)
>
>
>
Find those cores and rm them for disk space....
>>From what i have been able to find on line it looks like they changed the
>format of the app and it is no longer compatible without mods. How do I
>uninstall or fix?
>
>
If what you say is true, you might fix it by upgrading
the OS. To uninstall, take a look at pkg_delete. (e.g.
type `man pkg_delete` and read, read, read ... ;-)
>****************************************************
>getting errors on console
>internet1 /usr/local/qpopper/sbin/popper [4239 "this number keeps
>changing"]
>EOF from "username shows here" @127.0.0.1 (local host): [0] 35
>(Resource temporarily
>unavailable); 0 (undefined error)
>
>
>
Can't help much there, at least not without more info.
>*****************************************************
>MAIL ERROR
>cannot send mail from Pegasus mail client v4.12c - error
>
>set client to ip xxx.xxx.xxx.27 timed out, error:
> [*] Connection established to xxx.xxx.xxx.27
> 8: Socket read timeout.
>
>set client to ip xxx.xxx.xxx.27 and doing an POP auth 1st timed out, error:
> [*] Connection established to xxx.xxx.xxx.27
> 8: Socket read timeout.
>
>set client to ip xxx.xxx.xxx.27 tried login to SMTP server using a specific
>POP3 username
> [*] Connection established to xxx.xxx.xxx.27
> 8: Socket read timeout.
>
>
>
nor there...
>************************************
>nice to know how to but not critical
>
>copy to and from r/w cd
>resize partitions without hosing myself
>
>
>thanks--
>Christopher Nye AIA
>Dir. of Information Services
>630 495-1900
>
>
Have you read or heard of the FreeBSD handbook? Lots
of good stuff there for us "newbies" ... www.freebsd.org/handbook
or about X-hundred different formats available via FTP...
HTH,
Kevin Kinsey
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