Ok...I managed to answer my own question... SOMEHOW, even with SendMail turned off, the /var/spool/clientmqueue/ directory was full of timy litle files. I am betting that it's coming from one of the programs I have running on the box that has hooks into the non-running Sendmail. Thank you for your assistance. --- Frank Tanner III <pctech@mybellybutton.com> wrote: > That's what it is. But it's odd. I don't stash any > files in the /var directory, so why would it use up > all of the inodes? > > --- Ralf Spenneberg <lists@spenneberg.org> wrote: > > Am Don, 2003-02-13 um 14.52 schrieb Frank Tanner > > III: > > > > > > [root@sbbs root]# autodld > > > Fatal: Could not create the lock file: > > > /var/lock/autoupdate.pid (No space left on > > device) > > > [root@sbbs root]# > > > As you can see by the fd, it isn't full like the > > error > > > message shows. When I go into the /var > directory > > and > > > try to create a test file in vi, I get the > > following > > > error: > > > > > > "test" > > > "test" E212: Can't open file for writing > > > Hit ENTER or type command to continue > > > > It sounds like you do not have any free inodes > left. > > You need one inode > > per file you want to create. > > Run > > df -i > > to check the number of free inodes. > > If none left, you have to delete some files or to > > reformat (yes > > reformat) the device. There is no way (I know of) > to > > change the > > inode/data block ratio on a used filesystem. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Ralf > > -- > > Ralf Spenneberg > > > > IPsec/PPTP Kernels for Red Hat Linux: > > http://www.spenneberg.com/.net/.org/.de > > Honeynet Project Mirror: > > http://honeynet.spenneberg.org > > Snort Mirror: > > http://snort.spenneberg.org > > > > > > > > -- > > Psyche-list mailing list > > Psyche-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
