Re: Massive /tmp files

2021-01-22 Thread @lbutlr
On 22 Jan 2021, at 11:29, Ron Garret wrote: > So then my next question is (and I’m not intending to challenge you here, I’m > just trying to get a better understanding of how dovecot works under the > hood): where would these hard links come from? What does dovecot use hard > links for? I hav

Re: Massive /tmp files

2021-01-22 Thread MRob
On 2021-01-22 16:02, @lbutlr wrote: On 21 Jan 2021, at 18:08, MRob wrote: Hello, I just found user who has single folder (standard maildir format) that filled with over 8mil files and 800GB in the /tmp subdirectory of that folder: Are they real files or hard links? They are files with no

Re: Massive /tmp files

2021-01-22 Thread Aki Tuomi
> On 22/01/2021 20:29 Ron Garret wrote: > > > On Jan 22, 2021, at 10:05 AM, @lbutlr wrote: > > > On 22 Jan 2021, at 09:07, Ron Garret (gmail) wrote: > >> On Jan 22, 2021, at 8:02 AM, @lbutlr wrote: > >> > >>> On 21 Jan 2021, at 18:08, MRob wrote: > Hello, > I just found user w

Re: Massive /tmp files

2021-01-22 Thread Ron Garret
On Jan 22, 2021, at 10:05 AM, @lbutlr wrote: > On 22 Jan 2021, at 09:07, Ron Garret (gmail) wrote: >> On Jan 22, 2021, at 8:02 AM, @lbutlr wrote: >> >>> On 21 Jan 2021, at 18:08, MRob wrote: Hello, I just found user who has single folder (standard maildir format) that filled

Re: Massive /tmp files

2021-01-22 Thread @lbutlr
On 22 Jan 2021, at 09:07, Ron Garret (gmail) wrote: > On Jan 22, 2021, at 8:02 AM, @lbutlr wrote: > >> On 21 Jan 2021, at 18:08, MRob wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I just found user who has single folder (standard maildir format) that >>> filled with over 8mil files and 800GB in the /tmp subdirectory

Re: Massive /tmp files

2021-01-22 Thread Ron Garret (gmail)
On Jan 22, 2021, at 8:02 AM, @lbutlr wrote: > On 21 Jan 2021, at 18:08, MRob wrote: >> Hello, >> I just found user who has single folder (standard maildir format) that >> filled with over 8mil files and 800GB in the /tmp subdirectory of that >> folder: > > Are they real files or hard links?

Re: Massive /tmp files

2021-01-22 Thread Ron Garret
On Jan 22, 2021, at 8:02 AM, @lbutlr wrote: > On 21 Jan 2021, at 18:08, MRob wrote: >> Hello, >> I just found user who has single folder (standard maildir format) that >> filled with over 8mil files and 800GB in the /tmp subdirectory of that >> folder: > > Are they real files or hard links?

Re: Massive /tmp files

2021-01-22 Thread @lbutlr
On 21 Jan 2021, at 18:08, MRob wrote: > Hello, > I just found user who has single folder (standard maildir format) that filled > with over 8mil files and 800GB in the /tmp subdirectory of that folder: Are they real files or hard links? I've had some issues (in the past) with thousands of links