Bug 852399 - Non-root-user cannot write in home. There is availible space but not free.
Summary: Non-root-user cannot write in home. There is availible space but not free.
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: distribution
Version: 17
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Bill Nottingham
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-08-28 11:43 UTC by lumacido
Modified: 2014-03-17 03:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-08-30 14:52:03 UTC
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Description lumacido 2012-08-28 11:43:24 UTC 
Description of problem:

System monitor and df command show:

# df -h /home
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda4       251G  240G     0 100% /home
(system monitor also says: Free: 11.7 GiB)

If I try to write a file it says that there is no space available 
(echo something > file --> write error: No space left on device).

However, root can write!



How reproducible: Always.


Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Login
2a. Check space (df -h /home)
2b. Write a file in home.
  
Actual results:
No space available for non-root-users

Expected results:
There should be almost 11 GB available for any user.

Additional info:
I have switched off SELINUX.
I have tried to create another user.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2012-08-30 14:52:03 UTC 
This is normal - by default, filesystems are created with some reserved space that only root can write to.

See 'man tune2fs' on how to change this, search for the 'reserved-blocks-percentage' or 'reserved-blocks-count' options.
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