Yeah, this one bit me (too) on an older version of Fedora Core some time ago, but the symptoms were different. Once some of the /tmp files got blown away, the log files went nuts and the CPU load skyrocketed. Reboot was the only way to get things back under control until someone asked me about tmpwatch. D'oh!
-Kevin On 6/26/06, Christian Drexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Luke, the version of tmpwatch shipped with RHAS 3 is rather ancient and does not have the nifty --exclude option. I just updated the rpm with a newer one from RHAS4 and inserted the --exclude option for /tmp/SUNWut. That should have fixed it for me but maybe the docs should be updated to include a warning about this? Thanks and regards ~christian Luke J Militello wrote: > Christian Drexler wrote: >> Gurus, >> >> as a heads up for those who run SRSS on RedHat Advanced Server: >> >> RHAS installs a cron job called tmpwatch that is run daily at 4.20 in >> the morning that deletes all files that have not been accessed since 10 >> days. This destroys the state file in >> /tmp/SUNWut/config/displays/<DISPLAY> exactly 10 days after login >> because these files are obviously never touched again after the login >> (or their atime is not updated). >> >> This leads to log messages like the following: >> >> <quote> >> Jun 17 04:02:15 lxray utxconfig: Error: could not open file >> '/var/opt/SUNWut/displays/37' for reading. >> Jun 17 04:02:16 lxray utauthd: SessionManager0 NOTICE: EMPTY: ACTIVE >> session >> Jun 17 04:02:16 lxray utauthd: Terminator NOTICE: DISCONNECT >> IEEE802.0003ba8b92ef, pseudo.0003ba8b92ef session terminated >> Jun 17 04:02:16 lxray utauthd: SessionManager0 NOTICE: TERMINATE: ACTIVE >> sessionJun 17 04:02:16 lxray utauthd: Terminator NOTICE: DESTROY >> pseudo.0003ba8b92ef lifetime=950402814 >> </quote> >> >> I have disabled the line that starts tmpwatch for /tmp in >> /etc/cron.daily and the logouts and the error messages have gone away >> but I think it would be better to periodically update the atime of these >> files because cleaning up /tmp is "A Good Thing" (tm). This could be >> done with a cron job but I am not sure if utxconfig relies on the time >> stamps of these files. >> >> Cheers >> >> ~christian >> >> > Hi Christian, > > I used to run Red Hat and remember those scripts. My suggestion would be > to edit the cron script to exclude the folder '/tmp/SUNWut' and all the > sub files/folders. I'm pretty sure this can be done. If you post the > script cron runs, I may be able to help you with this. > -- Christian Drexler mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator phone: +49 211 5296 322 Toshiba Electronics Europe fax: +49 211 5296 79322 Duesseldorf, Germany http://www.toshiba-europe.com ********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY DISCLAIMER The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, copy or use this email for any purpose outside of any NDA currently existing between Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH and yourselves. ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list SunRay-Users@filibeto.org http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
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