From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 16:59:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0017316A404 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:59:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smurphy@calarts.edu) Received: from echo.calarts.edu (echo.calarts.edu [198.182.157.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B7F13C45B for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:59:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smurphy@calarts.edu) Received: from echo.calarts.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id E37BF101E3DF for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:51:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from muse2.calarts.edu (muse2.calarts.edu [198.182.157.28]) by echo.calarts.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE5361018B1D for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:51:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [198.182.157.179] (not-in-dns.calarts.edu [198.182.157.179] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by muse2.calarts.edu (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l33GxTIX039148 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:59:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smurphy@calarts.edu) Message-ID: <461287EB.4040508@calarts.edu> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:59:23 -0700 From: Sean Murphy User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <46127E55.2040005@calarts.edu> In-Reply-To: <46127E55.2040005@calarts.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 198.182.157.28 Subject: Re: var Filesystem Full Help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:59:31 -0000 Sean Murphy wrote: > I am getting these errors on my var filesystem but df -h shows there > is plenty of space available. > > I am running FreeBSD 5.4 > > muse2# df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/amrd0s1a 989M 56M 854M 6% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > /dev/amrd0s1e 989M 32M 878M 4% /tmp > /dev/amrd0s1f 9.5G 4.2G 4.6G 48% /usr > /dev/amrd0s1g 245G 9.4G 216G 4% /usr/home > /dev/amrd0s1d 1.9G 526M 1.3G 29% /var > > muse2# tail /var/log/messages > Apr 3 09:00:44 muse2 kernel: pid 537 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber > 126291 on /var: filesystem full > Apr 3 09:09:55 muse2 kernel: pid 52000 (httpd), uid 80 inumber 170037 > on /var: filesystem full > Apr 3 09:12:59 muse2 kernel: pid 34758 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber > 127701 on /var: filesystem full > > I have restarted the mimdefang process but I get the same messages. > > What can I do? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Purge some old log files to start with. However according to your df > above you should have plenty of room I have deleted logs and lost+found but the same messages still show up. > Check df -i as you may have run out of inodes rather than out of file > space. Looks as though I have plenty of inodes muse2# df -i Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on /dev/amrd0s1a 1012974 57694 874244 6% 1520 139790 1% / devfs 1 1 0 100% 0 0 100% /dev /dev/amrd0s1e 1012974 33192 898746 4% 11141 130169 8% /tmp /dev/amrd0s1f 9938894 4368142 4775642 48% 279371 1015987 22% /usr /dev/amrd0s1g 257098734 9794488 226736348 4% 113153 33118717 0% /usr/home /dev/amrd0s1d 2026030 510498 1353450 27% 866 281756 0% /var muse2# > Have you rebooted since the > problem showed up? I have not rebooted yet can I fun fsck on a live filesystem or do I have to drop into single usermode?