Re: {bb} can't get rid of email messages

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 22:54, steve sayler wrote:
> I thought I'd found the answer.  ..I did a 'locate sxiproc02' and
> found:
>
>   [bbuser@bigbrother-02 etc]$ locate sxiproc02
>   /usr/local/bb/bb1.9i-btf/tmp/np_Steve.Sayler@noaa.gov_sxiproc02.
> conn
>   /usr/local/bb/bb1.9i-btf/tmp/np_root@bigbrother-02.sec.noaa.gov_
> sxiproc02.conn
>
>   [bbuser@bigbrother-02 etc]$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/runbb stop
>   [bbuser@bigbrother-02 etc]$rm -rf
>   /usr/local/bb/bb1.9i-btf/tmp/np_Steve.Sayler@noaa.gov_sxiproc02.
> conn 
>   [bbuser@bigbrother-02 etc]$ rm -rf
>   /usr/local/bb/bb1.9i-btf/tmp/np_root@bigbrother-02.sec.noaa.gov_
> sxiproc02.conn
>   [bbuser@bigbrother-02 etc]$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/runbb start
>
> so I stopped big brother, removed those files,  ... but once I
> restated bb , I get the flood of emails (this is an axample of
> just one machine, I'm getting emails from the 5 machines in all),
> ... and those /usr/local/bb/bb1.9i-btf/tmp files re-appear.
>
>   [bbuser@bigbrother-02 etc]$ locate sxiproc02
>   /usr/local/bb/bb1.9i-btf/tmp/np_Steve.Sayler@noaa.gov_sxiproc02.
> conn
>   /usr/local/bb/bb1.9i-btf/tmp/np_root@bigbrother-02.sec.noaa.gov_
> sxiproc02.conn

The np_* files in BBTMP are a created as part of the paging process.
They are a side effect rather than the cause.

Cheers, Phil.



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