Re: [foxboro] /var filling up ... was ... Re: /opt partition keeps filling up

utmp and wtmp are user accounting information, used by commands like 
"last" and "who".  Is the PI collector logging into the box repeatedly?
Corey Clingo
BASF Corp.






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>> Are you really sure it's not the /var system that's full? Check
/var/logs. Eliminate any large log files there. Also check /var/spool/mail
and /var/tmp <<

Yes, the /var partition is giving me headaches ... but I believe I know 
the
culprit. We use OSI PI for data archiving, but one collection group
associated with a heavily loaded CP is always going offline. This results
in monstrous log files, especially /var/adm/utmp* and wtmp*. Until I can
shed some load on the CP, the only thing I've found to do is /dev/null
those files, and restart PI. This has worked well enough in the past, but
lately the /var partition is FULL and even rebooting the 51B after 
clearing
out these log files doesn't help.

Brad Wilson
ExxonMobil Chemical Co
Edison Synthetics Plant
732-321-6115
732-321-6177 fax
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