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Date:      Sat, 14 Apr 2001 12:49:37 +0300
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To:        Matt Simerson <mpsimerson@hostpro.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Quota reporting is inaccurate.
Message-ID:  <20010414124937.C5504@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <8D18712B2604D411A6BB009027F6449801B4B5BF@0SEA01EXSRV1>; from mpsimerson@hostpro.com on Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 03:48:28PM -0600
References:  <8D18712B2604D411A6BB009027F6449801B4B5BF@0SEA01EXSRV1>

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On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 03:48:28PM -0600, Matt Simerson wrote:
> > Another thought is that this user may have had files still open.  Even
> > if you "remove" a file, it really does not go away until the last open
> > handle is closed.
> 
> That seems like the most likely possibility. However, only one daemon can
> add or delete files and that's FreeBSD's built in FTP daemon. If the deamon
> isn't running (and it wasn't) then the file shouldn't be open (in theory). I
> just installed lsof and we'll see if that doesn't reveal anything next time
> I see this crop up.

If the streaming is done by something other than the FTP daemon, then
the file *can* still be open, if someone was listening to it at the time
the user deleted it via FTP.

G'luck,
Peter

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