Re: [cobalt-developers] space problem

[Barry Titmarsh <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:13 23/01/00 +0100, you wrote:

> Hi,
>
> can you try to login as a normal staff user, and then do a set uid:
> su root or su admin.

Here's an old trick I have used in the past.  do an ftp to the box and 
login as a real user that has some privs to delete something in the /var 
dir tree  this maybe a log or something  that will free up enough space for 
you to get in with a shell  ssh or telnet what ever you use

Regards barry




> > Hello
> >
> > I got into a strange situation
> >
> > [admin admin]$ df
> > Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
> > /dev/hda1 495745 285231 210514 58% /
> > /dev/hda3 198601 198601 0 100% /var
> > /dev/hda4 11424230 188025 11236205 2% /home
> >
> >
> > Since /dev/hda3 is full now -- I am unable to --- get into the machine as a
> > super user.
> > And with out being a super users I can free up the disk....
> >
> > Can someone suggest --- a solution.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Gopal
> >
> >
> >
> >
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