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From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: phantom quota usage for user with no files ... ?
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On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 09:16:12AM -0700, Gore Jarold wrote:
> 
> Thanks, that is very helpful.
> 
> Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> wrote: Files which where open at the time and hence still have references
> similar to how deleted files still take up space until the last
> handle is closed.
> 
> 
> Can you tell me, how do I:
> 
> a) see those handles (ps auxw|grep USERNAME showed nothing)
> 
> b) remove/clear them ?
> 
> 
> (I _do_ have lsof installed, but lsof|grep USERNAME also showed nothing...)

Lookin for the users former home directory might show something:

lsof -n | grep <path to users home directory>

To remove/clear them, kill any processes that are accessing those files.