Package: logcheck Version: 1.2.39
logcheck contains the line: TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d -p /tmp logcheck.XXXXXX and is storing tons of data there. On linux-vserver (e.g.) "/tmp" defaults to just 16MB! So, sometimes, an empty email is generated and the user "nobody" on localhost got this error message: ------------------- cat: write error: No space left on device /usr/sbin/logcheck: line 161: cannot create temp file for here document: No space left on device mail: /tmp/mail.RsXXXXaK2dAQ: No space left on device Null message body; hope that's ok ------------------- Increasing /tmp was no solution: /etc/logcheck# df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hdv1 225179116 97931996 115808632 46% / none 49152 0 49152 0% /tmp /etc/logcheck# mount /dev/hdv1 on / type ufs (defaults) none on /proc type proc (0) none on /tmp type tmpfs (size=48m,mode=1777) none on /dev/pts type devpts (gid=5,mode=620) Problem of the admin? I don't think so, because the admin sees: "logcheck is running, i get emails". Only in an attack state he wouldn't get the email... The logcheck script seems to use the first unix programmers paradigma: "All resources are unlimited" ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
