ppp filling /var

[Vizion]

On Thursday 02 June 2005 05:06,  the author James contributed to the dialogue 
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 Re: ppp filling /var: 

>On Thursday 02 June 2005 04:52 am, Vizion wrote:
>> On Thursday 02 June 2005 04:47,  the author James contributed to the
>> dialogue on-
>>
>>  ppp filling /var:
>> >After ppp runs for a few days:
>> >
>> ># df
>> >Filesystem    Size   Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on
>> >/dev/ad0s1a   126M    49M    67M    42%    /
>> >/dev/ad0s1f   252M    18K   232M     0%    /tmp
>> >/dev/ad0s1g   8.1G   1.1G   6.4G    15%    /usr
>> >/dev/ad0s1e   252M   252M -20.0M   109%    /var <----!!!
>> >procfs        4.0K   4.0K     0B   100%    /proc
>> >
>> ># du -h /var
>> >... snip ...
>> >12M    /var
>> >
>> >After killing ppp:
>> >
>> ># df
>> >Filesystem    Size   Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on
>> >/dev/ad0s1a   126M    49M    67M    42%    /
>> >/dev/ad0s1f   252M    18K   232M     0%    /tmp
>> >/dev/ad0s1g   8.1G   1.1G   6.4G    15%    /usr
>> >/dev/ad0s1e   252M    12M   219M     6%    /var <----
>> >procfs        4.0K   4.0K     0B   100%    /proc
>> >
>> ># du -h /var
>> >... snip ...
>> >12M    /var
>> >
>> >Anyone know how to fix this? Google was no help.
>> >
>> >note: this is not a problem with /var/log/* filling up, as du will show,
>> > or any file written to disk... its *something* else
>> >
>> >Full output of du -h
>> ># du -h /var
>> >2.0K    /var/account
>> >2.0K    /var/at/jobs
>> >2.0K    /var/at/spool
>> >6.0K    /var/at
>> >10.0K   /var/backups
>> >4.0K    /var/crash
>> >2.0K    /var/cron/tabs
>> >4.0K    /var/cron
>> >2.0K    /var/db/ipf
>> > ... snip ...  (/var/db/pkg/*)
>> >2.2M    /var/db/pkg
>> >4.0K    /var/db/ports/gettext
>> >6.0K    /var/db/ports
>> > 28K    /var/db/portaudit
>> >474K    /var/db/tripwire/report
>> >6.5M    /var/db/tripwire
>> >9.8M    /var/db
>> >2.0K    /var/empty
>> >2.0K    /var/heimdal
>> >1.7M    /var/log
>> >8.0K    /var/mail
>> >4.0K    /var/msgs
>> >2.0K    /var/preserve
>> >2.0K    /var/run/ppp
>> > 94K    /var/run
>> >2.0K    /var/rwho
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/lock
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/lpd
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/mqueue
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/opielocks
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/output/lpd
>> >4.0K    /var/spool/output
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/uucp/.Preserve
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/uucp/.Sequence
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/uucp/.Status
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/uucp/.Temp
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/uucp/.Xqtdir
>> > 12K    /var/spool/uucp
>> >2.0K    /var/spool/uucppublic
>> >4.0K    /var/spool/clientmqueue
>> > 32K    /var/spool
>> >2.0K    /var/tmp/vi.recover
>> >112K    /var/tmp/etc/defaults
>> >2.0K    /var/tmp/etc/X11
>> >4.0K    /var/tmp/etc/gnats
>> > 52K    /var/tmp/etc/isdn
>> >2.0K    /var/tmp/etc/kerberosIV
>> >294K    /var/tmp/etc/mail
>> > 56K    /var/tmp/etc/mtree
>> > 16K    /var/tmp/etc/namedb
>> > 50K    /var/tmp/etc/periodic/daily
>> >6.0K    /var/tmp/etc/periodic/monthly
>> > 42K    /var/tmp/etc/periodic/security
>> > 18K    /var/tmp/etc/periodic/weekly
>> >118K    /var/tmp/etc/periodic
>> >4.0K    /var/tmp/etc/ppp
>> >2.0K    /var/tmp/etc/skel
>> >108K    /var/tmp/etc/ssh
>> >10.0K   /var/tmp/etc/ssl
>> > 22K    /var/tmp/etc/uucp
>> >1.3M    /var/tmp/etc
>> >1.3M    /var/tmp
>> > 22K    /var/yp
>> >2.0K    /var/games/hackdir/save
>> >4.0K    /var/games/hackdir
>> >2.0K    /var/games/larn
>> >2.0K    /var/games/phantasia
>> >10.0K   /var/games
>> > 13M    /var
>>
>> I presume you are running ppp as a masquerading engine on an internal lan.
>>
>> Is this a new phenomenon or has it been with you ever since you started
>> ppp? The fact that you have such a comparatively large /var suggests that
>> the machine may have been set up with this purpose in mind and that you
>> simply need a larger /var. If the problem is new/intermittent then you
>> might want to monitor look your network traffic carefully to identify the
>> source.
>>
>> David
>
>I am running ppp to establish the dsl link so the firewall box gets assigned
>the static ip and not the qwest gateway/modem and natd handles the nat.
>
>This has been happening since I setup ppp
>
>The size is the sysconfig default size for /var if auto is selected for the
>partition creation.
>
>>If the problem is new/intermittent then you
>> might want to monitor look your network traffic carefully to identify the
>>source.
>
>not sure what you are suggesting, its not logs filling /var.

I do not know how to calculate the amount of space that ppp uses in var (or 
even in what way) but am pretty sure the autoconfig would not do the 
caluculations either. You probably need to get some help from someone 
experienced in using ppp in this way

David
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