For the moment, the easier thing to do would be a cronjob to get rid of theses files. We implement a new way for handling theses sessions using memcached. That will be part of PF4
On 2013-04-03 11:33 AM, Arthur Emerson III wrote: > PF 3.6.0 ZEN, upgraded to 3.6.1. PacketFence appears to > be leaving cgisess_[long_hex_string] files behind in /tmp . > It apparently overflowed the maximum amount of files allowed > in an EXT3 directory overnight, as PF was complaining about > not having free disk space despite there being 8 gigs free > according to df. > > Someone else encountered this problem with PF 3.2 last > July, but nobody responded to his question about whether > these files should be purged daily. I'll ask again, and > also add a second question about whether there is an > automated/scheduled maintenance routine in PF that is > supposed to be taking care of these files but is not > working on my system for some reason? > > As I discovered this morning, the system will DoS itself > sooner or later when it can't open any more session files, > and the ls command won't even work in the /tmp folder > with that many files... > > -Arthur > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur Emerson III Email: [email protected] > Network Administrator InterNIC: AE81 > Mount Saint Mary College MaBell: (845) 561-0800 Ext. 3109 > 330 Powell Ave. Fax: (845) 562-6762 > Newburgh, NY 12550 SneakerNet: Aquinas Hall Room 11 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the > Employer Resources Portal > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html > _______________________________________________ > PacketFence-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users -- [email protected] :: +1.514.447.4918 (x110) :: www.inverse.ca Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence (www.packetfence.org) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ PacketFence-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users
