Jim Cromie wrote:
> hi all,
>
> Ive got this minor problem, Ive worked around it painlessly, but Id like
> to understand it.
>
> here it is in geek-talk.
>
> [jimc@groucho jimc]$ su -
> Password:
> File size limit exceeded
>
> [jimc@groucho jimc]$ sufix
> -rw------- 1 jimc jimc 102400000 Oct 24 01:00
> /home/jimc/.xauth/refcount/root/groucho.jimc.earth/unix:0
>
> [jimc@groucho jimc]$ sufix
> ls: /home/jimc/.xauth/refcount/*/*/unix:0: No such file or directory
> rm: cannot remove `/home/jimc/.xauth/refcount/*/*/unix:0': No such file
> or directory
>
> [jimc@groucho jimc]$ su -
> Password:
>
> [root@groucho /root]# sufix
> -rw------- 1 root root 102400000 Oct 21 12:06
> /root/.xauth/refcount/jimc/groucho.jimc.earth/unix:0
> rm: remove `/root/.xauth/refcount/jimc/groucho.jimc.earth/unix:0'? y
>
> [root@groucho /root]# typeset -f
> .....
> declare -f sufix ()
> {
> for file in ~/.xauth/refcount/*/*/unix\:0;
> do
> 'ls' -l $file;
> rm -i $file;
> done
> }
>
> why do I keep getting this file ? Ive got Quotas set, I increased the
> limit
> 10-fold, but this bugger just enlarges with it. Ive been remedying the
> problem like so for many weeks, w/o any instabilities resulting.
>
> Ive even tried deleting and retouching it, then chmod a-w to lock it
> down.
> Ive not however identified when theyre made, beyond the dates you see
> above.
>
> I shut down X by ctrl-alt-bs all the time.
>
> $0.02 bonus Q:-) why does rm -i not verify delete for regular user ?
>
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