Replied folders and duplicated files

quelet · 4. März 2014

My server is installed on a 32Gb disk, with two other disks for storage.

Yesterday I noticed that my system disk was full after an update. This was not about the update but an /home/ftp folder that is default for proftp server.

Both SMB/CIFS and FTP services are enabled.

When I share some folders in SMB I can upload files and all remain in my storage unit. However, when I share one folder (storage/SMBfolder) by FTP, previously shared by Samba, one reply of this folder is automatically created in /home/ftp/<user>/SMBfolder, and all files get duplicated.

Can I correct this behaviour?

davidh2k · 4. März 2014

Ah, so you're back again.

I already tested that, and the files in /home/ftp/ do not take up any space at all. So FTP does not fill your disk...

Greetings
David

quelet · 4. März 2014

Thanks, David,

I'm going to review my disk partitions.

Miquel

davidh2k · 4. März 2014

Look for misconfigured rsync jobs. They are the most common problem for filled OS disks.

Code

du -a / | sort -n -r | head -n 10

The code snippet above may help you to find whats filling your hard disk. (instead of / you may want to just check /var because you will search your data disks with this command too...)

Greetings
David

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