Paul Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> At 10PM (local time) this evening, a server started reporting that /var was 
> full.  When I ssh'd in to the server to investigate, df said /var was at 2% 
> full (5.1G) and dh reported the same (5.1G).  /var/log/dmesg.today is full 
> of messages listing multiple entries with the same inode number followed by 
> one entry listing dd as the culprit.
>
> +pid 730 (mysqld), uid 88 inumber 7089166 on /var: filesystem full

[...]

> Was this some sort of temporary glitch?  Or something more ominous?  Why 
> would toor be running dd?  Is it some sort of file recovery routine 
> triggered by filesystem full messages?

This appears to be mysql-related:

        http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/temporary-files.html

Also, what is the output of 'df -i /var'?

See recent thread on FreeBSD Forums for context:

        http://www.freebsdforums.org/forums/printthread.php?t=58071

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Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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