Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:38:24 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: mcreynja@mailbox.orst.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: directory/file permissions srw_r_ _r_ _ Message-ID: <3B5D7A50.210EC3F9@i-clue.de> References: <AKEJJHMJGCHDOFCANDPOAEBLCAAA.mcreynja@mailbox.orst.edu>
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Jason McReynolds wrote: > > I am trying to move my /var file system to /usr/var to free up space > in the root directory. When I try to do this I get the message that > /var/run/log and /var/run/ndc cannot be copied. > I looked and saw that the permssions were: > > srw-rw-rw- for log > srw------- for ndc > > I am guessing that the s in the directory (1st) slot is keeping me > from copying these files. I tried to change the permissions, but was > unsuccessful. How can I copy these files/directories to /usr/var/un so > I can link /var to /usr/var??? Do it in single user mode. In multi user mode, some log and PID files will be open, causing the delete operation to fail. # tar cf - /var | (cd /usr; tar xpf - ) # shutdown now # mv /var /var.old //play it safe # ln -s /usr/var /var Check if /var symlink works # rm -rf /var.old # ^D HTH -Christoph Sold HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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