adduser

[elamit]

I'm not sure this is the correct category, but i am having a problem adding a user. i am running FreeBSD 5.1 and here is the error message i recieve:
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/: wite failed, filesystem is full
pwd_mkdb:/etc/pwd.db to /etc/pwd.db.tmp: no space left on device
pw: passwd file update: No such file or directory
adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (fakeuser).
Add another user? (yes/no): Jul 26 12:00 elamit kernel: pid 765 (pwd_mkdb), uid 0 inumber 327 on /: filesystem full.

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Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks :D

[x]

wite failed, filesystem is full
As the message says, there is no space left.
You have to delete/uninstall things, make the / -partition bigger or add another partition.

[elamit]

i will try to replace the existing / file...
ddnt know you could set limits on each file.

thanks

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

Yeah, how have you got the partitions set up?

The partition for your / might be holding /temp, or it might even hold /home. I always make sure to keep /home on a seperate partition, so I only need to devote about 128MB to / .

[x]

i will try to replace the existing / file...
/ is not a file, it's the base ('root') of the system.
The partition mounted here is full.
If you don't know how to handle this, post output of
# fdisk -l
# df