Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 22:33:09 -0800 From: "Majid Almassari" <majid@ibroadcast.net> To: "bunny" <bunny@super.net.pk>, "freeBSD" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help with the df Message-ID: <013001bf5feb$95168ea0$1791ddd1@balfourplace.com> References: <000e01bf5fea$23a0f400$330782cb@shahriyg>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_012C_01BF5FA8.804652A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Usually you have your logs in /var/ so I would look into cleaning up the /var/log/maillog and other files on a regular basis and/or it could be because of /var/mail where all the mail spools are at. You can run a script that can rotate or clean the files in /var/logs/ and/or you can setup a disk quota in /var/mail to control the size of mail spools usually sysadmins set this up to be about 5-10MB but it might vary depending on the system needs.. Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP. System Administrator. iBroadcast, Inc. (206) 223-5540 http://www.ibroadcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: bunny To: freeBSD Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 10:22 PM Subject: Help with the df Dear Sir, I am using freebsd for my mail server. My df is showing the following status, please tell me how to control this /var. It is 89%and shoots upto 94%. Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/sd0s2a 89215 72772 9306 89% / /dev/sd0s2g 2262478 522837 1558643 25% /home /dev/sd0s2f 893279 627514 194303 76% /usr /dev/sd0s2e 496367 404377 52281 89% /var procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc Thanks Regards, Bunny ------=_NextPart_000_012C_01BF5FA8.804652A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2722.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Usually you have your logs in /var/ so = I would look=20 into cleaning up the /var/log/maillog and other files on a regular = basis and/or=20 it could be because of /var/mail where all the mail spools are at. You = can run=20 a script that can rotate or clean the files in /var/logs/ = and/or you=20 can setup a disk quota in /var/mail to control the size of mail = spools=20 usually sysadmins set this up to be about 5-10MB but it might vary = depending on=20 the system needs..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV>Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP.<BR>System Administrator.<BR>iBroadcast, = Inc.<BR>(206) 223-5540<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.ibroadcast.net">http://www.ibroadcast.net</A></DIV>; <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:bunny@super.net.pk" = title=3Dbunny@super.net.pk>bunny</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG"=20 title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>freeBSD</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 15, = 2000 10:22=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Help with the df</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear Sir,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am using freebsd for my mail = server. My df is=20 showing the following status, please tell me how to control this /var. = It is=20 89%and shoots upto 94%.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Filesystem =20 1K-blocks Used Avail = Capacity =20 Mounted on<BR>/dev/sd0s2a = 89215 =20 72772 9306 = 89% =20 /<BR>/dev/sd0s2g 2262478 522837 =20 1558643 25% =20 /home<BR>/dev/sd0s2f 893279 = 627514 =20 194303 76% =20 /usr<BR>/dev/sd0s2e 496367 =20 404377 52281 89% = = /var<BR>procfs  = ; =20 4 =20 4 0 =20 100% = /proc </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bunny</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =20 </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_012C_01BF5FA8.804652A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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