/var filling up

[dalfon]

My Xerrors file keeps filling up the var partition with an error code 22. Can't seem to find how to shut down the xsystem or how to stop the Xerrors file from growing. Running Solaris 7 on a DNS box so the windows system is not needed as access is restricted to command line only anyway. I tried changing the conf to limit the size of the file but it doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions are welcome.

Don

 

[domburns62]

Check what startup script is starting the X services and disable it.

do a ps -ef|grep X and examine what processes are running, check in /etc/rc2.d and rc3.d for the startup scripts.

 

[Annihilannic]

From vague memory I think there is a dtlogin_disable command or similar that will stop the the graphical login from running...?

Or maybe I'm thinking of dtconfig -d:

http://198.62.75.4/opt/sun_docs/C/solaris_10/SUNWcdeu/CDEADMIN/p88.html#APPADTCONFIG-28152

Annihilannic.

 

[dalfon]

I had checked the process list and there was no specific startup script - dtconfig does seem to work - thanks for the tips. It is -d or -kill to stop the CDE system

Don Dalfonzo
Averett U.

 

[nivas88]

we have added a below entry in /etc/inittab. mon:3:respawn:"/omcsw/35.0.1.60.00/bin/products/omcran/OMCmon &"

Because of this /var getting filled. when we had a look /var/adm/wtmpx file getting filled with the following entries.



mon 20346 8 0000 0001 1277292837 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:03:57 2010
mon 20346 8 0000 0001 1277293137 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:08:57 2010
mon 20346 8 0000 0001 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24525 5 0000 0000 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24525 8 0000 0001 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24526 5 0000 0000 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24526 8 0000 0001 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24527 5 0000 0000 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24527 8 0000 0001 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24528 5 0000 0000 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24528 8 0000 0001 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24529 5 0000 0000 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24529 8 0000 0001 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24530 5 0000 0000 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24530 8 0000 0001 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24531 5 0000 0000 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24531 8 0000 0001 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24532 5 0000 0000 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24532 8 0000 0001 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010
mon 24533 5 0000 0000 1277293437 0 0 0 Wed Jun 23 17:13:57 2010


Please let me know how to avoid these entries getting added in wtmpx file.

 

[Annihilannic]

Please start a new thread for a new problem. Even though they both result in /var filling up, the causes are completely different.

Annihilannic.