topic /var mounting problem in Operating System - Linux

/var mounting problem

Tyagi — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 07:24:10 GMT

hi,
i m having RH Linux 7.3. now a days i m facing a problem, when system goes shutdown /var is creating the problem. i have reapired it thru fsck -A . but everytime system goes shutdown or restart /var goes for Scan. i have backup a backup server also but i m unable to start the squid service. i can access the INTERNET on server but unable on clients.
i dont know whats the prob.
i hope u guys will give me a good Sugg...
i Need ur help
i m totly frustrated.

Regards
Dushyant

Re: /var mounting problem

Bharat Katkar — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 07:40:11 GMT

Hi Dushyant,
What i doubt is some processes may not able to get closed during shutdown and that probably refers /var. Ultimately var is not umounted and shutdown is resulting into ungraceful shutdown which further corrupts /var.
You can try one thing i.e. exits all sessions you are running and issue shutdown and just watch out for any critical error messages during shutdown which is related to /var filesystem. Try to fix one and hope that resolves the problem.

Just a thought.

Hope that helps.
Regards,

Re: /var mounting problem

Tyagi — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 23:49:01 GMT

Well thanx for ur Reply.
ya u r right .

but finally today Server got crashed.

Now i m going to format it .
thanx
Dushyant

Re: /var mounting problem

Muthukumar_5 — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:16:54 GMT

IS there any messages on /var/log/mess* files

What is the size of /var mount point. Find it using df /var Is it full. If so try to rotate them in a periodical manner using logrotate or script + cron jobs

Is there any messages on squid cache.log file. I hope squid problem may be because of connectivity / acl settings.

Check it out. Trouble shooting will give you more knowledge not the format of disks :)

Re: /var mounting problem

Amit Dixit_2 — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:49:06 GMT

Hi Dushyant,
Hope you have re-installed the server.

If not then please let me know probably
I can help you out with this.

As I have worked on that system ...

Remember me ??

Thanks
Amit

Re: /var mounting problem

Tyagi — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 05:16:44 GMT

Thanx for reply AMIT SIR

yes I have re-installed the server.

how can i forgat u .u r my Ideal person .
i want to become like you. My all
Friends are aware to u . coz when they
ask to me that who is ur Ideal person
then i reply "Mr Amit Dixit is my
Ideal person". so how can i forgat
you.

Can u give me ur Email Id or cell no.
if u dont have any problem.

bbye and a nice day.

DUSHYANT