[KLUG Members] Re: Need more space for /var (Peter Buxton)/(Matt Terry)

Peter Buxton members@kalamazoolinux.org
Tue, 20 May 2003 13:40:07 -0400


> Moving all the rotated log files onto a different partition cut my du from
> 92% to 56%. However around the time I did this, I got additional user
> reports that mail is still not being sent or received as expected. Since I
> know that space on /var is an issue, I will address that first, then start
> looking into end user reports of email problems more closely.

44% (of what?) should be enough drive space. Are you using sendmail?
What do the sendmail and POP3 server logs say?

> My new hard disk drive just arrived so, I shall plod through making that
> /var on the existing system.

It's easy. Really. Just boot the kernel in "single" mode when you move
anything.

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