Environment
NetIQ eDirectory
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux
Situation
The ndsd log file (/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/log/ndsd.log) was over 4GB in size, and the partition holding the file was over 90% full.
In reviewing the file, it was found that many "errno 29 returned as -255" messages logged per second.
Resolution
Use ndstrace -u to unload ndstrace.
Cause
ndstrace was loaded via a tty/ssh session, and the session was closed without exiting ndstrace.
Additional Information
If running ndstrace -u does not work, you may need a later version of OES/eDirectory code (as a fix was made for unloading ndstrace).
Another option would be to restart the entire server as this will stop all processes and ndstrace will not reload upon server restart.
Another option would be to restart the entire server as this will stop all processes and ndstrace will not reload upon server restart.