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2002/7/13-14 [Computer/SW/Unix] UID:25350 Activity:very high
7/13    /var ful again.  can't mail root, cuz /var is full.  sendmail -bv
        wont' work to tell me who's on root, cuz /var is full.  Wow, fbsd is
        unusually h0zed when /var is full.  I had to resort to emacs to edit
        motd because /var being full locks up vi when its autosave is broken.
        please fix /var!    Hell, wall logging doesn't even work.  -ERic
        \_ Has anyone even bothered to look through lastcomm to see why it's
           getting so damn big?
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           Or why those acct files aren't gzip'd on rotation? --scotsman
        \_ all this is due to user mail being in /var/mail.  dumb dumb dumb.
           quotas in /var/mail or delivery to user home dir fixes this ongoing
           regular problem.  I'll volunteer to fix it if given appropriate
           permissions again...  -ERic
           \_ It does?
Filesystem           1K-blocks     Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/da0s1f            1016303   725014  209985    78%    /var
/dev/da3s1e            8617749  3890198 4038132    49%    /var/mail
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  2097120 Jul 13 12:07 /var/mail/quota.user
        \_ get a life.  It's 1pm on a saturday.  Don't you guys have mail at
           work?  It's not even raining today.
           \_ the csua is a social organization.  many members organize
              social events through soda e-mail.
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