10-27-2016
Logging events of /tmp full
Hi everybody,
few days ago we had a big issue with one of our solaris10 server.
Suddenly while my colleague was working on it for some troubleshooting he realized that the performance started to degrade.
At the end it reached the point that was not even possible to login usng the local console from the ilom.
as soon as it as supposed to ask for the password it stays there forever doing nothing.
It was also impossible to execute an ssh. In other words even if we cold ping it end the cluster resources from the other node seemed to be online we could not execute any command. Everything we sent to that server just hanged with no response.
At the end the only solution was to power off from the ilom.
I have the feeling that the /tmp folder was full but of course after the restart it is now empty and the server is working properly.
I would like to ask if from your experience a full /tmp folder can experience such kind of behaviour and if someone know if I can find somewhere some log in which I could have a confirmation that the reason was the /tmp folder full.
Is it logged somewhere the space utilization of /tmp?
thanks in advance
Biagio
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RMF(1) [nmh-1.5] RMF(1)
NAME
rmf - remove an nmh folder
SYNOPSIS
rmf [+folder] [-interactive | -nointeractive] [-version] [-help]
DESCRIPTION
Rmf removes all of the messages (files) within the specified (or default) folder, and then removes the folder (directory) itself.
If there are any files within the folder which are not a part of nmh, they will not be removed, and an error will be produced. If the
folder is given explicitly or the -nointeractive option is given, then the folder will be removed without confirmation. Otherwise, the
user will be asked for confirmation. If rmf can't find the current folder, for some reason, the folder to be removed defaults to `+inbox'
(unless overridden by user's profile entry "Inbox") with confirmation.
If the folder being removed is a subfolder, the parent folder will become the new current folder, and rmf will produce a message telling
the user this has happened. This provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list
and returning to the current folder from which the list was extracted.
If rmf s used on a read-only folder, it will delete all the (private) sequences (i.e., "atr-seq-folder" entries) for this folder from your
context without affecting the folder itself.
Rmf irreversibly deletes messages that don't have other links, so use it with caution.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's nmh directory
Current-Folder: To find the default current folder
Inbox: To find the default inbox
SEE ALSO
rmm(1)
DEFAULTS
`+folder' defaults to the current folder, usually with confirmation
`-interactive' if +folder' not given, `-nointeractive' otherwise
CONTEXT
Rmf will set the current folder to the parent folder if a subfolder is removed; or if the current folder is removed, it will make "inbox"
current. Otherwise, it doesn't change the current folder or message.
BUGS
Although intuitively one would suspect that rmf works recursively, it does not. Hence if you have a sub-folder within a folder, in order
to rmf the parent, you must first rmf each of the children.
MH.6.8 11 June 2012 RMF(1)