Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:36:36 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /var/account Message-ID: <20000905143636.A25218@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009051233120.1183-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>; from Paul Herman on Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 12:37:50PM %2B0200 References: <20000905123015.C84333@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009051233120.1183-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>
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Quoting Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>: [000905 13:37]: Paul Herman>On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Odhiambo Washington wrote: Paul Herman> Paul Herman>> Does anyone know which process writes to this directory??? I have Paul Herman>> a file there that grows wildly and I need to manage this process. Paul Herman> Paul Herman>The file /var/account/acct is written to directly by the kernel. This Paul Herman>allows you to use the commands lastcomm(1) and sa(8) for process Paul Herman>accounting. Thanks, Paul for this info. What I was seeing is the size of the /var slice going up and up and I narrowed on this file. So could that also be the reason I get the message " /kernel: proc: table is full" or this is being caused by something else? All these issues are coming to me after the recent cvsup.... Thanks for ALL your help, man.. -wash -- Odhiambo Washington Systems Administrator Inter-Connect Ltd. 3rd Flr The Chancery Valley Rd PO Box 39519 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: 254 2 711140 Fax: 254 2 718418 If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you. -Ramana Maharshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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