How to take down a system to the point of requiring a newfs with one line of C (userland)

[Adrian Penisoara]

Hi,

  I would agree with Mark and Jim, this is a serious issue for enterprise
servers. Yet another example where I would have wanted to see a more
supportive response from the FreeBSD project members, like Robert Watson
just did. This would benefit keeping a good relation with the business
users.

Thanks,
Adrian Penisoara
ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD

On Feb 18, 2008 4:14 PM, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:

>
> > Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this!
> >
> > Doctor: Don't do that...
>
> Did you actually bother to read his report?
>
> While his example is used "/", if the report is correct then you
> just need to replace "/" with the path of any file system mount
> point that is world writable like say "/tmp".
>
> Do you have /tmp mounted like this?
> /dev/ad0s4e    507630   162050   304970    35%    /tmp
>
> Have you tried using "/tmp" or some other suitable mount point
> before slinging off with the old Doctor joke?
>
> Even if it is only "/", having the system die and not be recoverable
> due to having a excessive number of files in "/" is a critical
> error.  I'm sure you have *never* accidently copied a set of files
> to "/" in your life.  Me, I know I've made that sort of mistake in
> the past, and as I'm not perfect, I'm sure I'll make that sort of
> mistake at some point in the future.  I would however like the
> machine not to fallover when I do make that mistake.
>
> Now why don't you be constructive and verify whether the report is
> valid or not.  I don't have a spare machine to test it on so I'm
> not going to attempt it.
>
> Mark
>
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