From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 22:21:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E01B116A418 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:21:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu (smtp3.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA9E13C442 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:21:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E457654FD for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:21:40 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:21:39 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9D7B89C7AF41DF2147450CC5@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <47605C8C.4010601@123.com.sv> References: <4760208B.5060707@123.com.sv> <192E5FCC5BDD87CAD2C1341E@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <47604075.8060705@123.com.sv> <18272.17315.714141.372324@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <47604DE2.4010307@123.com.sv> <20071212211342.GA11906@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <47605C8C.4010601@123.com.sv> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: /tmp: filesystem full X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:21:41 -0000 --On Wednesday, December 12, 2007 16:11:24 -0600 Cesar Amaya=20 wrote: > >> Looks like something, maybe your mail program has a large file open - >> maybe trying to receive a huge file. Killing the process could get >> that file closed and either it would be gone or would finally show >> how much space it is holding. >> >> ////jerry >> >> > > I even restarted the server but the problem is still there. > this is what I got every amount of time (not always). > > root mail.local 8987 3 /tmp 4 -rw------- 616886272 rw > > I don=C2=B4t understand why mail.local is gathering a file that big > > Yikes! Looks like whatever that message is is being retried by the sending = MTA. Perhaps you could try deleting the message from the queue. (I assume = it will sit in there until delivery is successful.) I think, if you shut the mail server down and then restart it later, you're = going to continue to have this problem. You may have to figure out where=20 the message is coming from and try to stop it at the other end. Possibly=20 you could configure your server to reject messages larger than a certain=20 size, then restart it and let it reject it rather than trying to receive=20 it. I know you can do that with Postfix. Don't know about other MTAs. One thing I would do is stop the mail server, wait a minute or two, and=20 then check /tmp. This would positively confirm that the problem is coming=20 from the mail server *if* the problem goes away when the server is stopped. --=20 Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/