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Date:      Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:33:33 +1100 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Muditha Gunatilake <muditha@seychelles.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [Fwd: error]
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.980128092734.966D-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <34CE2BC3.641D@seychelles.net>

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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Muditha Gunatilake wrote:

> Can you please expalin what this error exactly means. What should I do
> about it.

Jan 27 18:42:05 breadfruit /kernel: uid 0 on /: file system full
Jan 27 18:42:05 breadfruit /kernel: uid 0 on /: file system full
Jan 27 18:42:06 breadfruit mail.local: temporary file write error
Jan 27 18:42:06 breadfruit mail.local: temporary file write error


The first message is that the / file system has filled up.  The second 
tells you why.  mail.local is the program which delivers mail to local 
users.  It uses /tmp as a temporary store for the mail message.  /tmp is 
usually located on /.  If / has only 5 MB free, and someone is sent a 6 
MB file, you get the messages above, every time the queue is processed.

Solutions:

1. Build your freeBSD disk with a large, separate /tmp partition.
2. cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/mail.local, edit pathnames.h to put the
   temp files in /var/tmp and rebuild mail.local

Danny


/*  Daniel O'Callaghan                                                     */
/*  HiLink Internet <http://www.hilink.com.au/>;       danny@hilink.com.au  */
/*  FreeBSD - works hard, plays hard...                 danny@freebsd.org  */





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