Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:34:23 -0400 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Gore Jarold <gore_jarold@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: phantom quota usage for user with no files ... ? Message-ID: <20070324163423.GA6101@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <55882.43410.qm@web63013.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <03bf01c76c1d$b4a74160$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <55882.43410.qm@web63013.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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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.
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