From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 27 16:02:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA17749 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:02:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.8.15.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA17732 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:02:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danny@panda.hilink.com.au) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA02904; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:33:33 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:33:33 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: Muditha Gunatilake cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: error] In-Reply-To: <34CE2BC3.641D@seychelles.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 danny@hilink.com.au */ /* FreeBSD - works hard, plays hard... danny@freebsd.org */