Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:54:11 +0000 From: mel kravitz <melk@switchpwr.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pid 27828(sort), uid 65534 on /: file system full Message-ID: <36220A03.3143B0B5@switchpwr.com> References: <36213C9C.51C9@switchpwr.com> <19981011221435.A4619@emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson wrote: > > In the last episode (Oct 11), mel kravitz said: > > Hello, > > I am periodically getting the subject kernel log message: > > >pid 27828 (sort), uid 65534 on /: file system full > > > > What should i delete? Exactly what does this message imply? Mel > > uid 65534 is 'nobody'. The only thing I can think of that sorts as > user 'nobody' is locate.updatedb, which is usually run weekly. If you > have a lot of files, it could fill up /tmp or /var/tmp (depends on > TMPDIR, set in /etc/locate.rc). Try changing the TMPDIR to /usr/tmp, > if your /usr is large. > > -Dan Nelson > dnelson@emsphone.com Thank you-i will change /tmp to /usr/tmp, thanks again for the fast response.-mel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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