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mail folder taking up huge space

by Aromal Rajagopal | Jan 12, 2010 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : No email accounts have been created on the domain but still the mail folder is taking up huge space. Solution : When a cPanel account is created, a default email account with the cPanel username is also created automatically. In this case it seems that it has...

How to clear /tmp partition

by Aromal Rajagopal | Jan 2, 2010 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : How to clear unwanted stuff from the /tmp partition on the server? Fix : Run the following command : tmpwatch –mtime –all 48 /tmp The above command will remove all files and folders from the /tmp which have not been accessed in the last couple of...

No space left on device

by Aromal Rajagopal | Aug 19, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : Following error shows up on the websites which run with mysql. Warning: session_write_close() [function.session-write-close]: write failed: No space left on device (28) in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/index.php on line 42 Restarting MySQL fixes...

Tutorial on clearing Disk Space on a Server

by Aromal Rajagopal | May 24, 2009 | Articles and tutorials, Popular Posts, Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Running out of disk space is a very common issue. Be it a web-hosting service provider or the end-user. I wanted to share a few tips that the technical support staff at InstaCarma use to resolve disk-space issues on a cPanel server. As we all know, there are...

Apache error :Segment No Space left on device

by Aromal Rajagopal | Mar 11, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : While starting apache Error : Segment No space left on device. Fix : Check if there’s any disk space issue on server using “df -h” Fix that worked in this case : Empty /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log (It was 360...