Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:10:30 -0600 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: "Bradley Giesbrecht" <brad@pixilla.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: var out of space Message-ID: <d7195cff0612171110x4a9549deu936a92700186e016@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <00190780-C6FE-42DB-9AD8-5D985625545F@pixilla.com> References: <00190780-C6FE-42DB-9AD8-5D985625545F@pixilla.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 17/12/06, Bradley Giesbrecht <brad@pixilla.com> wrote: > Hello, > > > I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to > small and filling up all the time. > > What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a > solution? > > I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. > > /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? > You could do that. > /dev/ad0s1e 257998 206956 30404 87% /var More to the point, you might want to find out what is filling your /var as that is quite a lot of space being used if you are not running a mailserver. du -d1 -h /var (as root) should give you some clues. The usual suspects are /var/tmp and /var/log, though on occasion I have had logfile rotation not do its thing correctly and leave a program writing to a nonexistant file, filling up /var. -- --
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?d7195cff0612171110x4a9549deu936a92700186e016>