/tmp filling

I've got an issue regarding the /tmp directory filling.

My setup has /opt on an array, and the rest on a 65 gig partition. I noticed today that the /tmp dir is pushing over 45 gigs.

Any ideas? Like can I empty it perhaps?

Thank you,
Nutz

Could we see the output of: ls -la on that folder?
As well as: lsof | grep "/tmp"

Aww...

"The text that you have entered is too long (64579 characters). Please shorten it to 20000 characters long."

Lots of entries similar to this:

-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 13 16:01 kvYhRAjj

and lsof fallows:

lsof 376 root cwd DIR 8,3 32768 4358145 /tmp
grep 377 root cwd DIR 8,3 32768 4358145 /tmp
grep 377 root 1w REG 8,3 58870 4358174 /tmp/.ll.out
lsof 379 root cwd DIR 8,3 32768 4358145 /tmp
mysqld_sa 25447 zimbra 1w REG 8,3 70 4358172 /tmp/zmcontrol.out.flPB_ (deleted)
mysqld_sa 25447 zimbra 2w REG 8,3 70 4358172 /tmp/zmcontrol.out.flPB_ (deleted)
mysqld 25563 zimbra 5u REG 8,3 0 3768327 /tmp/ibG18A94 (deleted)
mysqld 25563 zimbra 6u REG 8,3 0 3768328 /tmp/ibxjAZqc (deleted)
mysqld 25563 zimbra 7u REG 8,3 0 3768329 /tmp/ibr4foIj (deleted)
mysqld 25563 zimbra 8u REG 8,3 0 3768330 /tmp/ibr8vc0q (deleted)
mysqld 25563 zimbra 12u REG 8,3 0 3768331 /tmp/ibLoeeHz (deleted)
mysqld 25940 zimbra 5u REG 8,3 3842 3768332 /tmp/ibzBbXFw (deleted)
mysqld 25940 zimbra 6u REG 8,3 264 3768333 /tmp/ib10dt4V (deleted)
mysqld 25940 zimbra 7u REG 8,3 0 3768337 /tmp/ibCXwZsl (deleted)
mysqld 25940 zimbra 8u REG 8,3 0 3768338 /tmp/ibIjY5eN (deleted)
mysqld 25940 zimbra 12u REG 8,3 0 3768341 /tmp/ibiEYzSh (deleted)
java 25946 zimbra mem REG 8,3 32768 4374533 /tmp/hsperfdata_zimbra/25946
java 26552 zimbra mem REG 8,3 32768 1916929 /tmp/hsperfdata_root/26552
zmstat-my 26983 zimbra 3r REG 8,3 4907 4358178 /tmp/mysql.out.26983 (deleted)
amavisd 28902 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 28902 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 3487 47583889 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T084841-28902/email.txt
amavisd 29162 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 29162 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 3475 47583894 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T084957-29162/email.txt
amavisd 30463 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 30463 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 3499 47583904 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T085251-30463/email.txt
amavisd 31180 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 31180 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 1921 47583913 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T085441-31180/email.txt
amavisd 31265 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 31265 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 6994 47583890 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T085508-31265/email.txt
amavisd 31279 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 31279 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 5507 47583898 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T085522-31279/email.txt
amavisd 31448 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 31448 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 31148 47583899 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T085544-31448/email.txt
amavisd 31484 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 31484 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 33717 47583886 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T085603-31484/email.txt
bash 31939 root cwd DIR 8,3 32768 4358145 /tmp
amavisd 31989 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 31989 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 3370 47583903 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T085643-31989/email.txt
amavisd 32271 zimbra cwd DIR 8,17 8192 42876938 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp
amavisd 32271 zimbra 14u REG 8,17 3458 47583884 /opt/zimbra/amavisd-new-2.5.2/tmp/amavis-20080219T085800-32271/email.txt

With zimbra shut down - check for the biggest one's (you can also attach it in a .txt file if you'd like)

[root@zimbra tmp]# ls -al | sort -n -t 5
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 08:27 .ICE-unix
drwxrwxrwt 6 root root 32768 Feb 19 09:28 .
drwxr-x--- 2 zimbra zimbra 4096 Feb 19 09:28 hsperfdata_zimbra
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Dec 18 08:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 17 23:35 hsperfdata_root
drwxr-xr-x 7 zimbra zimbra 4096 Feb 16 08:38 zimbra
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Feb 15 23:40 zmsetup.log -> /tmp/zmsetup.02152008-234050.log
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2355 Feb 16 00:16 crontab.zimbra
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Feb 15 23:39 slapcat.G27415
-rw------- 1 root root 163 Feb 15 23:34 install.log.23091
-rw------- 1 root root 16811 Feb 15 23:40 install.log.24522
-rw------- 1 root root 72911 Feb 16 00:18 zmsetup.02152008-234050.log
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 0 Feb 14 04:05 zmmtaconfig.debug
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 17:18 kv5yHmKV
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 17:18 kvhhc8d0
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 17:38 kvo6fi2k
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 17:38 kvQ7LH0o
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 18:11 kvDl0KKb
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 18:11 kvRExIkc
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 19:18 kv6WZZIo
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 19:18 kvmFeT4q
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 20:41 kvFEvyeh
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 20:41 kvJLLLjh
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 22:05 kv790ysE
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 22:05 kvMgdMKE
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 23:28 kv6gfdx4
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 12 23:28 kvvBC7q3
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 00:51 kvhu0FWY
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 00:51 kvYcQ2aZ
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 02:15 kvlJrU9U
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 02:15 kvui2EhY
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 03:38 kv6vno00
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 03:38 kvjmw8I1
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 05:01 kvDtxL56
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 05:01 kvGnRSA7
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 06:25 kvmrXBuA
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 06:25 kvu07BUA
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 07:48 kvsjNZ2F
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 07:48 kvTy2QtG
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 09:11 kviHDlfQ
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 09:11 kvjR1GmH
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 10:35 kv7br7Rn
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 10:35 kvxhuhbC
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 100872912 Feb 13 11:58 kvgpESj8
...
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...
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 13 03:38 kvGXxTKq
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 13 02:15 kvuRY9uI
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 13 02:15 kvjPIhG7
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 13 00:52 kvzn94kr
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 13 00:52 kvgbrOZb
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 23:28 kvKyASjw
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 23:28 kvaE03xQ
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 22:05 kvel0I7L
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 22:05 kv5EFHDN
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 20:42 kvEgoHNt
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 20:42 kv4UYjAm
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 19:18 kv9ZrzS2
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 19:18 kv8LGHxD
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 18:12 kvxHtGbe
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 18:12 kvjxsLoy
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 17:38 kvxrXUbH
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 50901922 Feb 12 17:38 kvabmais
..
...
...
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 13 05:01 kvX8g2lt
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 13 05:01 kv3Y9s06
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 13 03:38 kvycLAXZ
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 13 03:38 kvq1lN6W
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 13 02:15 kvCioXSw
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 13 02:15 kv3AdQ6V
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 13 00:51 kv4BTlGG
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 13 00:51 kv1oag4V
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 23:28 kvQvlMpG
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 23:28 kvgPBlH0
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 22:05 kvZZc4aP
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 22:05 kvaxUzJQ
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 20:41 kvJ9Njd8
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 20:41 kvgdxAnf
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 19:18 kvkqVSbQ
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 19:18 kva6bFVq
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 18:11 kvYdcYZT
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 18:11 kvA7xxPz
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 17:38 kv8bcvGj
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 5590693 Feb 12 17:38 kv6HNEI4
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Any word on this?

What version is this? I'm pretty sure there was an older bug on this issue.

This was is 4.5.10, now I'm running 5.0.2.

My question is: Can I safely empty it out?

Thank you,
Nutz

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Nutz

This was is 4.5.10, now I'm running 5.0.2.

My question is: Can I safely empty it out?

Thank you,
Nutz

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Nutz,

What you are seeing appears to be bug 19679 (Bug 19679 - /tmp fills up after numerous convertd crashes). This bug was resolved in ZCS 5.0.

You can move the older kv files to a path with more space:

zmconvertctl stop
find /tmp/ -name 'kv*' -mtime 1 -exec mv {} /somewhere/else/ \;
zmconvertctl start

This will move the kv files older than one day.