From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S2u8s-0006KS-Fq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:45:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F2AFE07A3; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:44:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E5CBE0781 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:43:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.212.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S2u7h-001yD3-SG for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:43:57 +0700 Received: by vbbfc26 with SMTP id fc26so39017vbb.40 for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:43:54 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of pandu@poluan.info designates 10.52.28.200 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.52.28.200; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of pandu@poluan.info designates 10.52.28.200 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=pandu@poluan.info Received: from mr.google.com ([10.52.28.200]) by 10.52.28.200 with SMTP id d8mr3919722vdh.38.1330562634820 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:43:54 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.28.200 with SMTP id d8mr3361263vdh.38.1330562634799; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:43:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.119.85 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:43:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.119.85 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:43:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20120228140150.2b35b864@weird.wonkology.org> <20120228132712.6df1ca07@digimed.co.uk> <20120229002500.6d2ab8a9@weird.wonkology.org> <20120229112945.73867e57@khamul.example.com> <20120229095719.59fe466d@digimed.co.uk> <20120229124033.071ed7d6@khamul.example.com> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 07:43:53 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Freeing up disk space problem!! From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf3079bc9e32dc4804ba23c14a X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 1c048e85-5f41-4d87-aae4-f1c1a69539dd X-Archives-Hash: 8f5ff8980ba9b578b627967c89e5ca00 --20cf3079bc9e32dc4804ba23c14a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mar 1, 2012 7:02 AM, "walt" wrote: > > On 02/29/2012 02:40 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > So whatever the > > $LUSER was doing that filled up the drive needs to be undone by root, > > probably by shuffling stuff around. > > That's a shocking statement for a wannabe BOFH to make. A *real* BOFH > would delete the entire $LUSER account and blame the nuclear tests in > North Korea for causing an unfortunate power surge at his data center. > Naah, North Korea explanation already used 2 days ago... time to use a new reason... Today would be: surge caused by harmonic oscillation between rotating electric motors, you know, like the... building air conditioner! ... followed by some conversation with the management with the end effect of shutting down the building AC but letting the data center AC still operational ... Rgds, --20cf3079bc9e32dc4804ba23c14a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mar 1, 2012 7:02 AM, "walt" <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 02/29/2012 02:40 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
> > So whatever the
> > $LUSER was doing that filled up the drive needs to be undone by r= oot,
> > probably by shuffling stuff around.
>
> That's a shocking statement for a wannabe BOFH to make. =C2=A0A *r= eal* BOFH
> would delete the entire $LUSER account and blame the nuclear tests in<= br> > North Korea for causing an unfortunate power surge at his data center.=
>

Naah, North Korea explanation already used 2 days ago... time to use a n= ew reason...

Today would be: surge caused by harmonic oscillation between rotating el= ectric motors, you know, like the... building air conditioner!

... followed by some conversation with the management with the end effec= t of shutting down the building AC but letting the data center AC still ope= rational ...

Rgds,

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