On Sat, 12 May 2007 17:36:24 +0200 Herbert Poetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 09:13:19AM +0200, Jan Zuchhold wrote: > > The problem is caused by running out of space on /tmp. > > You mount that on tmpfs, specified in fstab in the > > vserver-config dir: > > >>>> > > none /tmp tmpfs size=16m,mode=1777 0 0 > > >>>> > > If you remove or comment-out this line (or increase > > the size), it works. > > nice one, tx, btw, 16MB for /tmp should be more > than sufficient for properly written programs, > (larger temporary files go to /var/tmp) i must respectfully disagree. i have never heard of such a rule and the FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARTMPTEMPORARYFILESPRESERVEDBETWEE) doesn't include that justification either. and that is why i am on record as saying: > btw, i hate that useless default 16 MB tmpfs mount within the guests and > removing it from /etc/vservers/guest/fstab is one of the first things i do > upon creating a new guest. - http://www.paul.sladen.org/vserver/archives/200702/0014.html when i last cared to check which directory applications used for temporary files (to insure libpam-tmpdir, "automatic per-user temporary directories", was effective) i only ever saw used "/tmp" (hard-coded unfortunately), TMP, or TMPDIR and those variables do not distinguish between maximum temporary file size. i consider this the only "wart" of linux-vserver. corey -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
