Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 07:58:02 -0600 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: Alban Hertroys <dalroi@wit401310.student.utwente.nl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Contradictory information? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020106075802.01937458@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20020106135406.2CF311E59@solfertje.student.utwente.nl>
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Well, your "db" and "mail" directories are certainly large. I'd look there... At 02:54 PM 1.6.2002 +0100, Alban Hertroys wrote: >For some reason I recently got alert-mails that my /var filesystem was >full, while there was only about 15MB of data on it. The filesystem is >60MB, so that should fit quite easily. > >I'm almost nearing the alert-mail situation again, so I'd appreciate if >someone could tell me what is going on here... > >The computer in distress is a FreeBSD 4.3 (STABLE) box. [I think it will >get an upgrade with the release of 4.5] > >As root I get this output: > >>pwd >/var > >>du -d 2 -k >145 ./account >1 ./at/jobs >1 ./at/spool >3 ./at >11 ./backups >2 ./crash >2 ./cron/tabs >62 ./cron >5717 ./db/pkg >3 ./db/xdm >2 ./db/xkb >8542 ./db >567 ./log >3331 ./mail >2 ./msgs >1 ./preserve >52 ./run >1 ./rwho >74 ./spool/lock >8 ./spool/lpd >1 ./spool/mqueue >1 ./spool/opielocks >6 ./spool/output >1 ./spool/samba >17 ./spool/postfix >109 ./spool >1 ./tmp/vi.recover >2 ./tmp >20 ./yp >45 ./games/hackdir >3 ./games/larn >15 ./games/phantasia >68 ./games >1 ./ftp >12920 . > >>df -k|grep /var >/dev/ad0s2e 59519 50816 3942 93% /var >/dev/ad1s1g 248047 116 228088 0% /mnt/x/var > > >Now let's hope the filesystem doesn't fill up while I'm not available, >causing all your useful replies to bounce :/ > >-- > >Alban Hertroys http://solfertje.student.utwente.nl >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > The difference between your legs and your bicycle is > that when they are in bad shape it is unwise to give > your bicycle more training. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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