there seems to be an awful lot in /log/snort I am currently rsyncing the entire /var filesystem to another box over the lan. then i'll reformat /var/ and rsync it all back.
and i'll make plenty of inodes Thanks to all for the qwuick help On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 10:16:59 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 10:08, you wrote: > > Help!! my ipcop box has run out of inodes on the /var partition, which > > has an ext3 filesystem? > > man mkfs > he say:- > > -N number-of-inodes > overrides the default calculation of the number of inodes that > should be reserved for the filesystem (which is based on the > number of blocks and the bytes-per-inode ratio). This allows > the user to specify the number of desired inodes directly. > > You have to either back-up the data and re-create the filesystem with more > i-nodes, or delete some of the files. The later is probably the best in your case. > There will presumably be "_thousands_" of records created by the current virus > and worm. > > -- > Sincerely etc., > Christopher Sawtell > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
