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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!homer.alpha.net!news.mixcom.com!nowhere.uucp!root From: root@I_should_not_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (root) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: /tmp: file system full Date: 17 Feb 1996 19:58:48 GMT Organization: Godcorp Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4g5c1o$gqm@news.mixcom.com> References: <4g3bo9$kmi@news.mountain.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: drig.mixcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] larry@eve.net@eve.net wrote: : Hey, : I have been trying to trace this one down, but so far have been unsuccesful. : Every .5 hour I receive the following message on the console: : Feb 16 20:50:35 access kernel: uid 0 on /tmp: file system full : I have changed MFS setting, bounced the box and added another 32mb RAM. : However, no joy. Happens like clock work. I eventhought to check matching chron jobs. : Nothing fits. : I would greatly appreciate any help with this annoyance. : Michael Erwin Sounds like /tmp is full. Just erase everything from /tmp (everything in there should be temporary). More RAM won't help. Is /tmp another file system? You might want to check df to see what else is getting full. It might be in the root directory, just writing to tmp. -- -Dave drig@cybertise.com