/ partition is still growth or full

[freshorange]

hii, sorry if i didn't take time to read all the threads, but my question is very urgent
i have the / partition full on our cpanel server.
the / partition is always growth.
what the file on / partition can make the space growth?
i have check all file in / partition, but all the size is under 1Mb.


thanks

sorry my english is weak

[freshorange]

any idea???
someone please help me.

[WebScHoLaR]

Run the following command on the server and paste the output:

du -ah --max-depth=1 /

You need to login to server SSH as a root user to run this command.

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root@pempek [~]# du -ah --max-depth=1 /
16K /lost+found
1.9G /var
8.0K /selinux
3.3G /usr
0 /.hpshm_keyfile
8.0K /misc
24K /quota.user
8.0K /initrd
216K /dev
628M /lib
4.7M /scripts
8.0K /srv
64G /home
0 /.autofsck
19M /etc
5.7M /bin
840K /root
du: cannot read directory `/proc/14445/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/14445/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/14974/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/14974/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15011/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15011/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15039/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15039/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15716/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15716/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15830/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15830/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15845/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15845/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15871/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15871/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15899/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/15899/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/16320/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/16320/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/16465/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/16465/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/16660/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/16660/fd': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/16692/task': No such file or directory
du: cannot read directory `/proc/16692/fd': No such file or directory
903M /proc
8.0K /mnt
0 /sys
16M /opt
12K /aquota.user
17M /sbin
12K /media
4.0K /.forward
59M /boot
71G /


here the output

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output ~ partition

root@pempek [~]# ls -al
total 232
drwxr-x--- 13 root root 4096 Aug 5 08:53 ./
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 May 12 21:47 ../
-rw------- 1 root root 957 Apr 18 2007 .accesshash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1416 Apr 13 2007 anaconda-ks.cfg
-rw------- 1 root root 12857 Aug 5 08:29 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 Feb 21 2005 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191 Feb 21 2005 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176 Feb 21 2005 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 20 2007 .cpanel/
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 14 2007 cpanel3-skel/
drwx------ 6 root root 4096 Aug 20 2007 .cpobjcache/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100 Feb 21 2005 .cshrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 2 15:41 databases/
-rw------- 1 root root 1 Sep 3 2007 dead.letter
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1262 Sep 27 2007 exim_perf.pl.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 27 2007 .forward
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Apr 14 2007 .gnupg/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50592 Apr 13 2007 install.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4297 Apr 13 2007 install.log.syslog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 476 Apr 25 2007 leechprotect.sql
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 5 08:10 .mc/
drwx------ 8 root root 4096 Apr 14 2007 .MirrorSearch/
-rw------- 1 root root 37 Apr 14 2007 .my.cnf
-rw------- 1 root root 1018 Apr 22 16:25 .mysql_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 20 2007 perl
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 14 2007 public_ftp/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 19 2007 public_html/
-rw------- 1 root root 1024 Aug 20 2007 .rnd
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 20 2007 .securesslreqs
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 5 00:38 .spamassassin/
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 2007 .ssh/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102 Feb 21 2005 .tcshrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 198 Mar 22 2007 upload.cron
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 20 2007 .xrampreqs
root@pempek [~]#


any idea?
what the file on / partition can make the space growth?
what file can be remove?

[viraj]

Hi,

Can you execute the following commands from SSH & provide us the output of : df -h & fdisk -l

I can help you with freeing up the disk space on your server Please PM me the details of your server..

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root@pempek [~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/cciss/c0d0p6 981M 696M 236M 75% /
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 981M 76M 856M 9% /boot
none 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /dev/shm
/dev/cciss/c0d0p8 244G 79G 153G 34% /home
/dev/cciss/c0d0p7 981M 36M 895M 4% /tmp
/dev/cciss/c0d0p5 5.8G 3.6G 2.0G 65% /usr
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 9.7G 2.2G 7.0G 24% /var
/tmp 981M 36M 895M 4% /var/tmp
root@pempek [~]#


root@pempek [~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 293.5 GB, 293564211200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 35690 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 127 1020096 83 Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 128 1402 10241437+ 83 Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 1403 2422 8193150 82 Linux swap
/dev/cciss/c0d0p4 2423 35690 267225210 5 Extended
/dev/cciss/c0d0p5 2423 3187 6144831 83 Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p6 3188 3314 1020096 83 Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p7 3315 3441 1020096 83 Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p8 3442 35690 259040061 83 Linux
root@pempek [~]#

[kran]

Im running with the same problem on a REDHAT Enterprise 3 today went to a 100% full / partition I've cleaned everything I can think off..
(notice the Win95 Ext'd Partition I dont remember i I had it in the beginning)


Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda6 1012M 1010M 0 100% /
/dev/hdb1 147G 88G 52G 64% /backup
/dev/hda1 99M 68M 26M 73% /boot
/dev/hda5 126G 49G 72G 41% /home
/dev/hda7 1012M 49M 912M 6% /tmp
/dev/hda2 9.9G 6.7G 2.8G 71% /usr
/dev/hda3 6.9G 3.9G 2.8G 59% /var
/tmp 1012M 49M 912M 6% /var/tmp

Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 1318 10482412+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 1319 2232 7341705 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 2233 19457 138359812+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 2233 18941 134215011 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 18942 19072 1052226 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 19073 19203 1052226 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 19204 19457 2040223+ 82 Linux swap

Disk /dev/hdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 19457 156288321 83 Linux
[1]+ Done df -h

I will appreciate any Help, you can give me.

[kran]

there were several core files in the /root directory I erased them and problem solved....