> i did "du" but i can't get it how much the /home partion > gets ! I'm uning many FreeBSD, OpenBSD servers(19"-1U) at > the moment without any other users namely myself & as root.
"du -sh /*" will tell you which directories in "/" are taking up the most space. Then you can look into those directories to find out where the files are. > Do i need to make "/" partn read only in order to avoid get > filling it or is there any other correct solution for it? I wouldn't make it read-only: something needs to write the data there and it will sulk if it can't. What are the servers being used for? Patsy > here is from two of my server infos for your info: > FreeBSD V 7.2 (New Installation with less HD capacity) > > $ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ipsd0s1a 496M 388M 68M 85% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > /dev/ipsd0s1e 989M 54M 856M 6% /tmp > /dev/ipsd0s1f 16G 6.7G 8.2G 45% /usr > /dev/ipsd0s1d 11G 545M 9.9G 5% /var > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% > /var/named/dev > > > another server with same file system OpenBSD! has the same > Problem! (i think it does not matter whether Open or > Free-BSD here) > OpenBSD V. 4.5 > $ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/sd0a 4.9G 4.7G 8.0K 100% / > /dev/sd0e 1008M 10.0K 958M 0% /tmp > /dev/sd0f 31.7G 9.8G 20.3G 33% /usr > /dev/sd0d 23.6G 266M 22.2G 1% /var > > I went through a lot of Docs, but no successful answers. > > rgds, > > sisantha > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: "Patsy" <[email protected]> > > Gesendet: 23.09.09 16:56:52 > > An: Sisantha Godawela-Ohle <[email protected]> > > CC: [email protected] > > Betreff: Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > > > > how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" > > directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with > > this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home > > partition > > to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" > > partition. > > > > Patsy > > > > On 23 September 2009 at 15:55 Sisantha Godawela-Ohle > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello FreeBSD Gurus, > > > > > > i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting > > > problems with installation of applications as the "/" > > > partition gets FULL! > > > Installations are like in this manner:- > > > " / (5GB) > > > swap (4GB) > > > /var (moer than 20GB) > > > /tmp ( 1GB) > > > /usr" (moer than 20GB) > > > Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets > > >always > > >filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space > > >in > > >"/usr" > > > partion as well as "/var" ? > > > > > > And how get rid of this menace and amed it? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Sisantha > > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
