Loads of stale zero byte tmp files?

M A Young m.a.young at durham.ac.uk
Mon May 21 12:24:43 IST 2012


> From: Remco Barendse
> Sent: 21 May 2012 06:22
> Subject: Loads of stale zero byte tmp files?
>
> I have an issue with MailScanner-4.84.5-2 / SpamAss on CentOS 6.2. The
> setup seems to be working ok but i have an issue on 2 boxes that temp
> files do not get deleted.  In /tmp stuff like this is piling up quickly:
> -rw-------. 1 root    root         94 May 20 22:55 K2M0qbNwv6
> -rw-------. 1 root    root          0 May 21 05:08 tmp.1t3DQ6ZFaU
> -rw-------. 1 root    root          0 May 21 06:14 tmp.9ZRV7VB41Y
> -rw-------. 1 root    root          0 May 21 04:17 tmp.DmqX7lvDJS
> -rw-------. 1 root    root          0 May 21 04:17 tmp.HwtJIyJImI
> -rw-------. 1 root    root          0 May 21 06:14 tmp.MdrrIsMqGa
> -rw-------. 1 root    root          0 May 21 05:08 tmp.ToMnIIFMf1

I am seeing the ones in /tmp . For me they match with the regular virus 
update run (as logged in /var/log/maillog ), and probably clamav.

 	Michael Young


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