#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : "No space left on device" but df shows free space # Fix : Find and clear the inode consumer # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-enospc-inodes # # Run as : Shell as root # Expect : 30-60 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : NO -- read the undo note below # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # df -i shows the inode table full. Deleting files is not reversible -- # check what they are before removing them. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # None -- deleted files are gone. Restore from backup if you removed # something needed. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 6" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " "No space left on device" but df shows free space" echo " Find and clear the inode consumer" echo echo " Risk: medium NOT REVERSIBLE 30-60 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Confirm which filesystem is out of inodes.' '' cmd 'df -i'; then df -i if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Find the directories holding the most files. This walks the tree, so run it on the affected mount only.' '-x keeps it on one filesystem so it does not wander into /proc or a network mount and take all day.' cmd 'sudo du --inodes -x -d 3 /var 2>/dev/null | sort -rn | head -20'; then sudo du --inodes -x -d 3 /var 2>/dev/null | sort -rn | head -20 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'On older systems without du --inodes, count directly.' '' cmd 'sudo find /var -xdev -type f -printf '\''%h\n'\'' 2>/dev/null | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -20'; then sudo find /var -xdev -type f -printf '%h\n' 2>/dev/null | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -20 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Look at what the files actually are before deleting anything.' '' cmd 'sudo ls -la /var/spool/postfix/maildrop | head -20'; then sudo ls -la /var/spool/postfix/maildrop | head -20 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'Delete safely in batches -- a plain rm * will fail with '\''argument list too long'\'' at this scale.' 'find -delete streams the deletions instead of building one enormous argument list, and the -mtime guard stops it taking files still in use.' cmd 'sudo find /var/spool/postfix/maildrop -type f -mtime +7 -delete'; then sudo find /var/spool/postfix/maildrop -type f -mtime +7 -delete if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 6 'Fix the cause: rotate the logs, set a cron job to clear the cache, or fix the application filling the directory.' '' manual || true rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'IUse% has dropped and writes succeed.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then df -i && touch /var/tmp/write-test && rm /var/tmp/write-test && echo OK fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-enospc-inodes" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: None -- deleted files are gone. Restore from backup if you removed something needed.' rule