root file system full

[DOQUYEN]

Hi



I have a Solaris 2.5.1 system. Recently my file system is full and i couldn't find what flood my root file system.



Anyone can suggext any directories i should look out for.

I am using Samba and Patrol agent. I am just usng this server as a file server, users cannot login into the system, they just can view and read the files in Microsoft Windows based client machines.

More Information:

1. file system full cat: write error: No space left on device Nov 16 12:53:05 beetle syslogd: going down on signal 15 syncing file systems
2. 1) root filesystem (which contains everything but our data and /boot partitions) fills up daily, although it's not in /var/logs or any other location we can find using df, du, ls
3. msgcnt 24 vxfs: mesg 001: vx_nospace - /dev/root file system full (1 block extent) Wait for login exit:
4. The main Debian root filesystem is based on 'Essential' - a collection of packages that contain: Essential: yes in debian/control and although small
5. Re: If root file system 100% full what you have to do? Answer # 1, If system is running, affirmative action is that mv all log files to some other file system then find out which file
6. This directory, containing all underlying directories and files, is also called the root directory or "the root" of the file system
7. One solution is to reinstall a new root filesystem, but there are some files and data on the current partition that I want to keep
8. Setup up a kernel with its root filesystem on the disk and partition indicated by the given blkio interface

[furogroobre]

I'm not familiar with Solaris but I'm sure many of the commands are similar.

Have you done a du -h on the / directory? That should show you what's taking up the space.

More Information:

1. Finally, use yum to install the full set of base packages for the operating system
2. The root filesystem is the filesystem that is contained on the same partition on which the root directory is located, and it is the filesystem on which
3. my root file system is showing 96% full but I can't seem to find the culprit filling it up
4. Apart from these two, Linux supports a variety of other file system types, such as the relatively new Reiser file system, JFS, NFS, FATxx and many other
5. 11 rp7420 (in trusted mode, or TCB), / became 100% full due to a scopeux core file (sound familiar?)
6. RE: Root filesystem full; faubackup problem? James Wu Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:07:00 -0800
7. Root file systems can be created in several formats: mountable over
8. If you have remote 2GB file and the system is still full, you have some process keep create big file, consider reboot the box and try again