Upgrade to 8.2.0 has caused my /etc: Filesystem Full

[spjsdm]

I have been running FreeNAS 8.0.4 for quite a while with just a few issues.
It is running as a Virtual Appliance on and ESXi 5.0 server with RDMs allocated to the the VA using ZFS.

I originally allocated 10Gb as a virtual disk with 4092MB virtual memory.
I have since upgraded to the 8.2.0 version, and increased the virtual memory to 5120 MB, but I have had quite a few issues.
Firstly I am now getting the following error:

pid 1611 (sed), uid 0 inumber 731 on /etc: filesystem full.

Below output of "df -k"

Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ufs/FreeNASs1a 948903 361825 511166 41% /
devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev
/dev/md0 4663 4624 -333 108% /etc
/dev/md1 823 2 756 0% /mnt
/dev/md2 152791 7644 132924 5% /var
/dev/ufs/FreeNASs4 20263 759 17883 4% /data
data 11436649680 1633890849 9802758831 14% /mnt/data

NOTICE /dev/md0 above.

I have increased the virtual disk to 20Gb now, but I do not want to modify any slices until I can identify the actual issue.
I can connect using the web services, but have since noticed that once in a while I have to restart my CIFS service to re-establish connections to my shares.

I have even backed up my config and re-installed from scratch, but on uploading my backup the same problem arose.

Any help or advise would be much appreciated.

thanks
Stephen

 

[spjsdm]

I have just upgraded to FreeNAS-8.3.0-BETA2-x64 (r12317M) with the same results.

Any advise would still be appreciated.

 

[William Grzybowski]

Please paste:

# find /etc/ -size +30k -exec ls -l {} \;

 

[spjsdm]

Thanks for your response, and below is the output of the command.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 125811 Sep 6 05:31 /etc/ssh/moduli
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 37527 Sep 6 05:31 /etc/defaults/rc.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 86972 Sep 6 05:31 /etc/devd/usb.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1391474 Sep 15 15:37 /etc/mail/aliases
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 50980 Sep 4 15:59 /etc/local/nut/driver.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 86615 Sep 6 05:31 /etc/services
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 40960 Sep 15 15:37 /etc/pwd.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 39681 Sep 6 05:31 /etc/rc.subr
-rw------- 1 root wheel 40960 Sep 15 15:37 /etc/spwd.db

Please Note:

I read in another thread to delete the files in the /etc/local/proftp directory, which I have just done, and has reduced the size.
But i think it will return once I reboot.

Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ufs/FreeNASs1a 948903 640309 232682 73% /
devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev
/dev/md0 4663 3323 967 77% /etc
/dev/md1 823 2 756 0% /mnt
/dev/md2 152791 9585 130983 7% /var
/dev/ufs/FreeNASs4 20263 1240 17402 7% /data
data 11354090730 1574447200 9779643529 14% /mnt/data

 

[spjsdm]

Just as i thought, did a reboot and the /etc filesystem is full again.
Deleted the proftpd files again to prevent the system reporting errors.

 

[William Grzybowski]

Well, of course it does matter if you have deleted this directory...

# mount -uw /
# rm -rf /conf/base/etc/local/proftpd/black*
# mount -ur /

 

[spjsdm]

Thanks for your excellent advise and patience.

That did the trick.

I did not actually delete the directory, just the files within, but now have only removed the single file as you suggested.

But my curiosity asks why did this happened ?

Thanks again
Stephen