Server filling up with files...

[Ron Chatman]

I'm having problems with my server setup generating extra files that shut down Plesk.

I've gotten used to files being created in /var/lib/psa/dumps and having to clean those up on a semi-regular basis. But suddenly I have had a large number of big files show up in the / (root) and /tmp folders. This usually results in my plesk shell shutting down.

Now, files are being created somewhere ELSE on the server and I have no idea where to start looking for them to remove them and get things back to normal.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to fix this?

 

[IgorG]

Are you sure that server is not compromised at least? Try to check it with chkrootkit or rkhunter.