We should fix it such that both rsync and tar recognizes sparse files... Cheers,
Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Bernard Li > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 14:41 > To: sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Sisuite-devel] FW: Systemimager issue with lastlog > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Bolstridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 14:32 > > To: Bernard Li > > Subject: Systemimager issue with lastlog > > > > Hello. > > I read this on the SystemImager mailing list, and I > > thought I'd drop you a line > > to say why the lastlog is so big. Its not really a bug, more > > a left-over from > > older days. The lastlog file is actually a sparse file, and > > on a 64-bit machine, > > will be created to handle 2^ biggest uid. On most Redhat > > systems, the biggest > > uid (nfsnobody) is something like 4294967294.. and so you can > > see that the spare > > file appears rather large (1.2TB!). On a 32-bit machine, this > > is not so much a > > problem as the largest uid will be 2^31. > > > > One answer is to remove the nfs-utils package, remove > > /var/log/lastlog and then > > re-create it. Unless you have a lot of users, the new lastlog > > will be a lot > > smaller. > > Another answer is to tell rsync to recognise sparse > > files (-S or --sparse). Tar > > works similarly. > > > > And yet another answer: delete the thing and don't back > > it up. As far as I can > > tell from google, only finger and lastlog use the file anyway. > > (https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2005-June/ms > > g00404.html) > > > > > > I hope this helps, if I start to use systemimager > > (which looks really good), > > I'll join the mailing list, and post there in future. > > > > thanks, > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you take a look at your image's /var/log/lastlog and > > report back how big it is? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bernard > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > > Drew Weaver > > Sent: Thu 09/03/2006 12:55 > > To: sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] Anyone know why si_getimage > > would fail on Fedora > > Core 4 x64? > > > > Actually, Rhel4 x_64, rhel3 x_64, centos 4 x_64 all work > > fine, this only > > happens on fedora4 x_64 heheh. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Bernard > > Li > > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 3:41 PM > > To: sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net; > > sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] Anyone know why si_getimage > would fail on > > Fedora Core 4 x64? > > > > > > > > Hi Drew: > > > > I think Ben hit it with a nail there... on a Red Hat 64-bit machine > > (not confirmed on other 64-bit OSes...) the /var/log/lastlog > > is huge... > > this apparently is a known bug with the OS and I am not > sure if it is > > fixed yet. Anyways, in OSCAR, we fixed it by zeroing the > > file - take a > > look at the following bug we filed for OSCAR: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=9368&atid=109368&func > > =detail&ai > > d=1266306 > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bernard > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking > scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new > coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=k&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 > _______________________________________________ > Sisuite-devel mailing list > Sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Sisuite-devel mailing list Sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel
