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

["Todd Kirk" <tkirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hello
> > I was my understanding that if /var was full _NO_ logins
> > happen, not with SSH not root -- nothing. The idea of having
> > a throwaway file that can be removed would only make sense
> > if there was some way to remove it _without_ logging in. One
> > way that occurs to me is a CGI application that can use an
> > already running wew server.

I have had this problem and I can confirm for a RAQ4R anyhow that when
the /var partition is full you can telnet or SSH as admin but cannot su
- to root. I was able to use admin in it full capacity by on the /var
partition I could not locate a single file owned by admin to delete. I
have since added a 100K file owned by admin to the /var partition and
sym linked my log and spool directories of to another partition. The
reason I chose to use sym link rather than move the directories was so
avoid any troubles from Sun patches etc.

 
regards,
 
Todd Kirk