Carlos Rivero

When dealing with mem-leaks in my mod_perl-apps I ran into a curious apache-problem. After a while apache could not be started but failed with strange errors like:
[emerg] (28)No space left on device: Couldn't create accept lock
or
[crit] (28)No space left on device: mod_rewrite: could not create rewrite_log_lock Configuration Failed
or
[Wed Dec 07 00:00:09 2005] [error] (28)No space left on device: Cannot create SSLMutex

The proliferation of unsolicited email, or spam, is becoming more and
more widespread. However, there are many tools to help prevent spam.
This week, we look at using Procmail and SpamAssassin to filter
incoming mail and to block incoming spam. Procmail
is a mail filter than can be used to sort incoming mail into separate
folders as well as many other types of mail preprocessing. SpamAssassin is a mail filter that uses heuristic scanning to identify spam.

Since both Procmail and SpamAssassin are in Portage, installation is a simple emerge.

Most Gentoo users are familiar with the Portage system used to install software. One of the features that you may not be familiar with is that Portage can also update your entire system at once. This is known as an 'update world'.

To run an update world, use the following command:

Have you ever tried to restart a crashed service and gotten the
following error message?

    * WARNING: service name has already been started
    

If so, you can manually reset the service with the following command