Re: How to take down a system to the point of requiring a newfs with one line of C (userland)

Hi,

I would agree with Mark and Jim, this is a serious issue for enterprise
servers. Yet another example where I would have wanted to see a more
supportive response from the FreeBSD project members, like Robert Watson
just did. This would benefit keeping a good relation with the business
users.

Thanks,
Adrian Penisoara
ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD

On Feb 18, 2008 4:14 PM, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@xxxxxxx> wrote:


Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this!

Doctor: Don't do that...

Did you actually bother to read his report?

While his example is used "/", if the report is correct then you
just need to replace "/" with the path of any file system mount
point that is world writable like say "/tmp".

Do you have /tmp mounted like this?
/dev/ad0s4e 507630 162050 304970 35% /tmp

Have you tried using "/tmp" or some other suitable mount point
before slinging off with the old Doctor joke?

Even if it is only "/", having the system die and not be recoverable
due to having a excessive number of files in "/" is a critical
error. I'm sure you have *never* accidently copied a set of files
to "/" in your life. Me, I know I've made that sort of mistake in
the past, and as I'm not perfect, I'm sure I'll make that sort of
mistake at some point in the future. I would however like the
machine not to fallover when I do make that mistake.

Now why don't you be constructive and verify whether the report is
valid or not. I don't have a spare machine to test it on so I'm
not going to attempt it.

Mark

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