/root filesystem full but there is no any file occupied the /root space??

[Allen Hung]

I have met a very strange situation that when I ftp a file to another filesystem(Vxfs) call /abc, I found the /root filesystem was full, then tried to deleted the file I ftp, the /root filesystem was back to the normal state. Anyone met this problem before? Why the different standalone filesystem still using the space of the /root??
Note:
My machine is K580 with HP-UX 11.00

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Allen Hung

[T G Manikandan]

Just check that the file system /abc is mounted.
So when it is not mounted then it uses the / file system.

Thanks

[Allen Hung]

Thanks for your reply. But I was sure that the filesystem /abs was mounted in the system.

Regards,
Allen Hung

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

from the system where file exist
#ftp hostname
ftp> cd /abc
ftp> bin
ftp> mput file_name
ftp> bye

will put the file in /abc and not in /

[Haresh_2]

Allen

I had a similar problem few days ago. Check if this could be the reason.
#umount /abc
Now see if there is something in the folder under /abc and check if this is empty. Possiblity that FS was mount on the folder which already had some files in it.

Good luck.
Haresh.

[Bill Hassell]

As mentioned, make sure /abc is *really* mounted. The easiest way is:

bdf /abc

And look at the right hand side to see if it is / or /abc. A mountpoint is a simple directory until something is mounted over it. The directory looks the same either way but where the data is stored depends on what bdf reports.

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Allen

Just a thought , when you did the FTP where did the system take you to , in case the home directorty of the suer is not set in the system will take you to the root and hence the error ?


Manoj Srivastava