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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Files still being created in /var/spool/mmdf/lock/home Post 302069799 by casioman on Wednesday 29th of March 2006 09:05:04 AM

03-29-2006

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Originally Posted by RTM

You keep looking in the wrong place - look at the files being created - the contents should give you a clue to what is creating them. That is what you are after.

Another way of looking at it is if your car had an oil leak, would you remove all the oil from car? Of course not! You have to find the leak and fix it, not remove the oil. The oil (those messages) should give you a clue of to where to look. Just like the cron job you found.

I have already looked at the contents of these files posted the output here. I really do not know why they are being created as this process/program was never configured to send mail to users in this system. I wanted to suggested the above situation because I wondered if the system was trying to send a message to the root mail file but as it was locked it couldn't and therefore storing the messages in this folder.

I cannot think now where as to look. I really do need some pointers on where to go with this.

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