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I am new to linux.

I hope to install openvpn on my dedicated server. When I maked lzo/openvpn project, it said that there are 2 error, the reason is'No space left on device' I checked /tmp directory. The /tmp patrition space limitation is 1012M , used 925M

It looks like the directory/partrition is almost full.

What is the solution for this? clear /tmp directory or any other way?

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Thanks interdev

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For ways of safely tidying up /tmp, have a look at Wipe out /tmp every week? . Failing that, use du -sk /tmp/* | sort -n to identify the big files and subdirectories in your /tmp, and think carefully about what you can safely remove before doing so. There's no magic recipe to identifying what's safe to remove, but common sense and careful thought will help a lot.

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You might also investigate if there is a binary package by the Distribution your Linux installation is based.

OpenVPN should be pretty common in modern distros.

Nothing to do with the primary question but might be helpful anyway

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I used different version to install, same report – user62414 Dec 3 '10 at 8:16
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This belongs on superuser, however you should just clear /tmp.

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Could you sort files by size to view what is fulling your /tmp maybe some softwere usuing space on /tmp for logs

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You could clear this directory : 

echo "Emptying /tmp"
rm /tmp/* -rf &1>2 > /dev/null

You could also set TMPTIME=7 in /etc/default/rcS so that only stuff older than 7 days is deleted when you reboot.

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Will the files in /tmp be removed automatically when rebooting the server? – user62414 Dec 3 '10 at 8:04
yes, with TMPTIME=7 files older than 7 days are automatically deleted every reboot – aleroot Dec 3 '10 at 9:43
it depends on the distro. – MadHatter Dec 3 '10 at 10:20
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can you run "df -k /tmp" - is /tmp on the "/" filesystem , or is it on its own filesystem ? If it is on the "/" filesystem , its perfectly reasonable for it to be as large as this.

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You don't know what files in /tmp may be in use by the system. Reboot first, then delete any files pre-dating the reboot from /tmp (or anything more than 1 day old). Then for good measure, reboot again.

Although for the longer term, you need to start keeping an eye on what files are in /tmp and work out why they're not getting cleared down automatically.

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