Hi all,
my original question was about eating user disc space with dxconsole:
> we are running DEC Unix 3.2c with AdvFS & C2. From time to time
>we have strange problem with user quotas:
>User works from X-terminals (or PC X-term emulators) in the dxsession
>environment. After end of his session still remain running dxconsole
>(maybe incorrect logout or reset X-term emulator). And this process
>consume all of user disk quota (!) :-(. In case of rechecking quotas
>(vquotacheck ...) are quotas set to correct value, but in few seconds are
>again on the top hard user limit :-((. Kill dxconsole helps, but this
>can't be done by user (dxconsole is running SUID).
Probable solution follows. Unfortunately we are using local DEC support
center, :-), so I was unable to verify functionality of suggested patch
(and the patch itself) yet.
On Fri, 8 Dec 1995 lampert_at_alf.dec.com wrote:
> The Digital Customer Support Center has a patch for this problem. Call the CSC
> at 1-800-354-9000 and ask for UNIX decwindows support. Tell them that you need
> the patch for case HPXQ907E0. This patch corrects a problem with dxconsole
> filling up disks with its error log file. When a dxconsole is left running and
> a second one starts this causes the original to go into a loop spewing forth ..
>
> X Toolkit Warning: Select failed; error code 9
>
> messages in the .xsession-errors file.
>
>
>
> Pat Lampert Digital Customer Support.
>
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Received on Wed Dec 13 1995 - 12:41:50 NZDT