Two /tmp directories, both full. Please help

NTar

• July 25, 2015 04:39

Dear users, Today, I have received a warning from my server. Both /tmp directories are (almost) full. I've listed both locations below. Current Disk Usage /dev/mapper/vg_cpanel-lv_root tmpfs (1.9 GB space, 70M left, located in: /var/tmp) /dev/vda1 /dev/mapper/vg_cpanel-lv_tmp (1.5 space, 0M left, located in: /tmp) I've configured a cronjob to clean tmpfs every 6 hours. However, I'm not sure if I can clean /dev/mapper/vg_cpanel-lv_tmp too. Any ideas? Thank you very much. Edit: p.s. I'm experience heavy issues with the server. Users cannot login to their website (e.g. Wordpress systems). This is critical. Edit 2: fingers crossed, I have cleaned /dev/mapper/vg_cpanel-lv_tmp. Let see if that works. It seems all user sessions are stored in this tmp. Edit 3: hell yeah, it works! :D All users can login to their website again. Main question for now: how does my server clean /dev/mapper/vg_cpanel-lv_tmp each 6 hours itself? This cronjob will obviously not work: 0 */4 * * * /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -am 12 /tmp > /dev/null 2>&1 Edit 4: I've written this cronjob in order to make /tmp clean for files older than 3 days: find /tmp -mtime +3 -delete Or should I use -rm instead?

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  24x7server

  • July 25, 2015 14:39

  Hello, Which files are using most of the disk space on your server under /tmp directory ? Have you installed eAccelerator OR nginx on your server ?

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 14, 2015 14:11

  Main question for now: how does my server clean /dev/mapper/vg_cpanel-lv_tmp each 6 hours itself? This cronjob will obviously not work: 0 */4 * * * /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -am 12 /tmp > /dev/null 2>&1

  
  Hello :) I suggest reviewing that partition to see which type of files it holds. Are you sure it's not acting as your tmp directory? Thank you.

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