I suspect you're right-- if I could just log in, it would be a simple matter to check. Any ideas on how to get access to the file system / switch to single-user mode / reboot without being able to log in?

(Other than the obvious answer of hitting the reset button...)

Lars

Ed Schaller wrote:
WARNING: /tmp: File system full, swap space limit exceeded


This is kind of shooting in the dark as I haven't used solaris in a
while, but some folks will mount a ram based file system (like tmpfs in
linux) on tmp to make tmp file access faster. Usually you limit the
amount of ram and swap that such a file system can use (so someone
downloading an iso to /tmp doesn't run you out of virtual memory). Looks
to me like you've hit that limit.


The login prompt came up, but no matter what username I try (including root) it says

tmchild: exec service failed, errno = 2


Since many programs depend on using tmp files, logins failing doesn't
surprise me.

If you can get access to tmp, you may be able to clean it out and see if
it helps. Otherwise, switching to single suer mode or rebooting will
also probably work.


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