RE: [cobalt-users] Raq2 su problem

[Jarle Søiland <cobaltmail@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My problem did resolve itself. Anyway look at John Theriaults answer on the
list Feb 8. at 02:45 that is the solution I,ve copied his answer in here:

NOTE: This may/will violate your warranty!

Well, this is the tricky bit. You'll need to remove the hard drive, mount it
in another linux system and then remove the files. I've found that it's also
useful to "touch" the files after deleting them, then reset the permissions
on the new files. This way you avoid the RaQ having problems when it's
unable to write to certain logfiles. If you need specific details of how to
do the above, email me off-list and I'll see what I can do.

John



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John M Troher
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 9:02 PM
> To: 'cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Raq2 su problem
>
>
> I think my VAR is full and I cant login AT ALL!!! not even thru
> the console
>
> what can I do??????
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jarle Søiland [mailto:cobaltmail@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 2:33 PM
> To: admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Raq2 su problem
>
>
> Thank you John, this is the problem, My /var partition is 100% full.
> Then the question is:
>
> How can I delete the log files when I,m not able to log in as root?
>
> Best reg.
>
> Jarle Soiland
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Theriault
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:02 PM
> > To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Raq2 su problem
> >
> >
> > > "Jarle Søiland" <cobaltmail@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote
> > > > The server stopped accepting me as su. I can succsefully log
> > in as admin
> > but
> > > > when  trying to change to su it gives me an message: su incorrect
> > password.
> > > > The password for admin an the su is the same sow I do'nt understand
> > this. I
> > > > have not changed the password. I am able to go to the GUI
> an log in as
> > admin
> > > > , I have tried to change the password for admin there and that was
> > sucseful,
> > > > anyway it wa'nt accept me as su. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > You might also try logging in as admin and doing a "df". If the /var
> > partition is showing up as being at 100% capacity, you've found
> > the root of
> > your problem. You'll need to clean out any large logfiles that
> > may be taking
> > up space, etc. Also, check the patch level of the server. If I'm not
> > mistaken, there was a problem with logs not being rotated that could
> > eventually lead to a situation like this. If I'm not mistaken,
> the fix for
> > this was part of OS Update 3.0.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
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