Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:14:55 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: mcreynja <mcreynja@mailbox.orst.edu>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: directory/file permissions srw_r_ _r_ _ Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0107241513460.28974-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <3B5D7A50.210EC3F9@i-clue.de>
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Christoph Sold wrote: > > > 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 The first character describes the type of things these are - in this case, named sockets (rather than files). You won't be able to move them across filesystems - you'll need to shut down the appropriate programs that use them (syslog, named), point /var somewhere else, then restart them. > > > > 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 > > -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287163 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Lambda calculus? I hardly know 'er! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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