Re: Searching for process filling root FS.
Good time of the day, Darac.
Thank You, Darac, for Your time and answer. You wrote:
> OK, so your directory sizes aren't changing but you're losing space.
> It might be that an application is writing to a deleted file
> (unpacking or streaming to a temporary file, for example).
Shouldn't dir space also grow even having already removed file ?
> Try running "iotop -a" as root, then use cursors to move the sort
> column to "DISK WRITE". Leave that running for a few minutes and
> you'll be able to see which processes are writing the most data.
Not so easy: space can stand the same within an hour! :o)
But i got the point.So it can be an attack: file does not exist
(seen). but occupies whole the free space! - Awesome.
Sthu.
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