This is a listing. total 44 drwx------ 2 root root 6 Aug 17 15:36 lu26465gujqup.tmp drwx------ 2 root root 8192 Aug 17 15:37 lu27063gukci0.tmp drwx------ 2 root root 8192 Aug 17 15:43 lu3205guot5q.tmp drwx------ 2 root root 8192 Aug 17 15:48 lu4177guts1n.tmp drwx------ 2 root root 6 Aug 17 15:36 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n drwx------ 3 root root 16 Aug 17 15:39 systemd-private-e02ca338bba64326ab00789706c3de4b-colord.service-B3EzVm drwx------ 3 root root 16 Aug 17 15:39 systemd-private-e02ca338bba64326ab00789706c3de4b-rtkit-daemon.service-Z5MlFp drwx------ 2 root root 6 Mar 1 2016 tracker-extract-files.1000 Its the XXXXXXX.tmp directory that seem to be filling up... They have .tmp files in the directory. or the tracker-extract-files is also an unknown. What is that? how do I stop it ? Jerry On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote: > I have a Centos 7 install that seems to be filling up disk space to 100% > on the root partition. > > in /tmp I found files of names... > systemd-private-XXXXXXXX-colord and rtkit > I have never seen these files before. > > there were also files of XXXXXXXXXXXXX.tmp in the /tmp folder. > > Why are these files appearing? I have a number of installs and never came > across this before. > > Thanks, > > Jerry > >