Re: [cobalt-users] HELP! /var full and can't login...

[Ursula <ursulasays@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 --- Dan Spangenberg <cobalt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I
have a RAQ2 that has a few of our own doamins for
> our company. An issue
> came up when a couple of users were experiencing
> problems logging into their
> web pages.  We telnetted to the RAQ, logged in as
> admin and then tried to
> change to SU. It wouldn't let us. We are sure that
> we have the password
> correct.  Did a liitle diggin and found out that our
> /var partition is
> full - 100%. Ouch!

Unfortunately, once this horse has bolted, doing the
drive swap (which has been very well documented in
this thread already) is your only way out.

I've found that having a back-up 'admin' tool
installed(webmin from webmin.com is very good) can
often save you from a lot of headaches when these
kinds of situations arise, particularly for those who
don't have physical access to a machine, so it's worth
considering as a little insurance for whatever might
come up in the future.

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Ursula


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