Subject: misc/1577: Should be a default /var/crash/minfree
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.ORG>
From: None <abs@mono.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/01/1995 18:18:03
>Number:         1577
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Should be a default /var/crash/minfree
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct  5 23:20:05 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Brownlee
>Organization:
Monochrome
>Release:        Sat Sep 30 1995
>Environment:
sparc, 1.0A, current
System: NetBSD gluon.mono.org 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (_SUN4C_) #1: monoadm@gluon.mono.org:/mono/netbsd/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/_SUN4C_ sparc

>Description:
	By default there is no /var/crash/minfree - this means that crashdumps
	can fill the entire /var partition, causing `bad things' to happen.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Run -current at the wrong time & have your machine crash a few times,
	then curse as /var is full
>Fix:
	Create a default /var/crash/minfree.
	Maybe containing 1024, so you at least have 1Mb free in /var when all
	else fails.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: