/tmp 100% full

[fvrioso]

I'm having trouble with /tmp folder, i can not begin any session for example in joomla/mambo installations; what happen if I delete all archives into tmp folder?

There is an /eaccelerator folder into /tmp ; can I delete it?

current disk usage is:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 145G 12G 126G 9% /
/dev/sda1 99M 36M 59M 38% /boot
none 502M 0 502M 0% /dev/shm
/usr/tmpDSK 243M 230M 0 100% /tmp
/tmp 243M 230M 0 100% /var/tmp

I need help as soon as possible.

Thanks

[sh4ka]

Your tmp partition is very small.. you sould remove the changes that /script/securetmp did.. and secure the new partition "by hand" (not using that script) setting as space at least 500 MB. Also check what kind of files do you have there... if you have GZIP activated.. it may be that.

Visit eth0's website and follow his "securing tmp" guide at www.eth0.us

You can delete all session* files.. be careful deleting other kind of files or folders.

Good luck.

[verdon]

There is an /eaccelerator folder into /tmp ; can I delete it?
Thanks

This is likely where eaccelerator is writing it's temp files... this'll fill up your tmp folder (and keep it full) REALLY fast. I moved my eaccelerator folder elsewhere (hasn't seemed to make any performance issue) and now my tmp folder's size has been fine. Also, check around here for other posts on controlling the cached files in your eaccelerator folder (may be referred to as turk mmcache in some posts). I use a cron job to clear out cached files if they haven't been accessed in a couple days, for instance.

Oh, one more thing... if you move your eaccelerator folder, you'll need to change the path to the new location in your php.ini file and restart the webserver.

cheers,

[celliott]

I have cleared out my /tmp and /var/tmp yet my server status script still shows 401MB/485MB is being used up.

Am I removing the wrong things, what could be causing this?

[chirpy]

IF you delete files and they don't go from df then you've deleted files that are open by processes. You need to restart whichever processes had those files open in the first place, typically httpd. Good place to start:

lsof | grep /tmp

[Srv24x7]

Thanks, we got one similar problem on our server & this helped us to fix it.

[pcshost]

Will deleting the temp files in the eaccelerator folder cause issues? Especially if they were from today? I'm not sure how to delete a folder and put the exception in to ignore any file from today.

[vanessa]

If this is a continual issue, try increasing the size of the /tmp partition:

Increasing the Size of tmpDSK (/tmp) :: The cPanel Admin

[pcshost]

Thanks Vanessa. What I did was create a cron job (crontab -e)

02 1 * * * find /tmp/eaccelerator ! -mtime -1 -type f -exec rm {} \;

I figured if this doesn't give me enough disk space each day I'd double the tmp dir to 1GB on top of running the command, but so far, so good.

[MikeDVB]

Thanks Vanessa. What I did was create a cron job (crontab -e)

02 1 * * * find /tmp/eaccelerator ! -mtime -1 -type f -exec rm {} \;

I figured if this doesn't give me enough disk space each day I'd double the tmp dir to 1GB on top of running the command, but so far, so good.

Generally I set /tmp to 1gb to 2gb depending on how many sites are going to be on the server and how much work I want it to do. Better to have some extra space than to have /tmp fill up and things crashing (like MySQL).

Clearing files from /tmp/eaccelerator older than a day probably won't hurt but doesn't eaccelerator clear it's own cache files periodically?

[SoN9ne]

I too am having this error. I have increases my tmp size to a GB and I still get this about every month. Is there a fix for this? What causes this? I cannot be doing this every month...

[MikeDVB]

I too am having this error. I have increases my tmp size to a GB and I still get this about every month. Is there a fix for this? What causes this? I cannot be doing this every month...

Look and see what is filling it up - you've asked an open-ended question nobody here can answer. It's like if I were to complain the cabinet over the sink in my kitchen kept filling up and I asked you why... You wouldn't know without at the least looking into the cabinet :-)

[SoN9ne]

Look and see what is filling it up - you've asked an open-ended question nobody here can answer. It's like if I were to complain the cabinet over the sink in my kitchen kept filling up and I asked you why... You wouldn't know without at the least looking into the cabinet :-)

I agree, that is why I decided to stop hijacking this thread and start my own. My thread is posted here: /dev/loop0 (/tmp) is 100% full

I listed the files that were large in the tmp folder, there were 4, but I still cannot isolate the cause. I am hoping that someone will know what these files are from so I can address the issue.