Do:
df -i
to see if you have run out of inodes.
You might have a runaway process. Do:
ps ax
and look for something that is using a lot of CPU time.
I have found that logrotate sometimes runs away when using compression.
--
Howard.
____________________________________________________
LANNet Computing Associates <http://lannetlinux.com>
"...well, it worked before _you_ touched it!"
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Simon Bryan wrote:
>
>
> >Hi,
> >I have recently installed AUC on one of our old servers and am now a
> >victim of my own success.
> >
> >I have found this morning that the disk is full and no one can use the
> >email on the system (for obvious reasons!). I have connected to the server
> >(SuSE 7.0) using samba from my W2K machine. When I look at a users
> >directory properties, it reports two sizes:
> >Size 115 Kb
> >Size on Disk 1.37Mb
> >
> >df gives me:
> >
> >Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use%
> >Mounted on
> >/dev/sda3 1937308 1847344 0 100% /
> >/dev/sda1 7496 2633 4463
> >37% /boot
> >
> >Given that adding 160 users has chewed up close to 250Mb of HDD I believe
> >the second figure of 1.37Mb.
> >
> >I have deleted a number of old gz, tar and rpm files today but still I
> >have no space available, should have freed up close to 70Mb
> >
> >Why the difference? What is the difference? Is it pre-allocated disk space
> >for them?
> >
> >If this is normal then how do I add a second HDD and move the users home
> >directories over to it?
> >
> >The machine currently has a SCSI drive and I have another old server that
> >I can steal another SCSI drive from.
>
>
>
> Simon Bryan
> ____________________________________
> IT Manager
> OLMC Parramatta
> http://www.olmc.nsw.edu.au
> ____________________________________
>
>
>
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