root partition full and problem start

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We have SunOS 5.7 m/c. Following is the situation and problem what we are facing -

  • The root partition was full.
  • No login was possible on server (not from console also)
  • M/c was power swithced off
  • After this only console login is possible. FTP is possible. No telnet is possible.

I want to know what could be the probable reasons. Also what files I have to check on the server to see that they are in normal state.

Regards,
Rahul

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Hello friends,

Thank you very much to all who replied to my question. We could able to solve the problem. It was /bin/login problem. We copied the /bin/login file from similar type of other server to the problematic server and telnet start working. The truss command really helped us in diagnosis.

Regards,
Rahul