Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 01:23:57 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Brown - Ozxpress Support <brown@ozxpress.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: need help with mailserver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108220115460.34199-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <001301c12ad7$62f8eae0$e66386cb@cnnet.com.au>
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Brown - Ozxpress Support wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > Hi, i have just done a fresh install of freebsd 4.3 using the default > partition sizes, and /var is so small that it keeps filling up with > mail. Is there an easy way to either resize the partition without > losing data, or to move the mail to a new location? If you can swing it, resizing the partition is a good solution. But, you will have to delete /var, and probably an adjacent partition, then recreate, label, and newfs them both, and restore your data. Arguably, this is a considerable pain. You can indeed just move your mail, though. 1. kill `head -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid` 2. cp -Rp /var/mail /usr/mail 3. rm -Rf /var/mail or mv /var/mail /var/mail.backup 4. ln -s /usr/mail /var/mail 5. sendmail -bd -------------------------------- In plain English: 1. Kill the sendmail server so that it does not attempt local delivery. If you have a busy system, local delivery while you're moving the files would probably result in lost mail. 2. Copy /var/mail to /usr/mail (with permissions and ownership intact!) 3. I recommend keeping a backup of /var/mail in /var/mail.backup until you're sure everything went Ok. When you're confident enough (tomorrow maybe), delete /var/mail 4. Create a symbolic link from /usr/mail to /var/mail 5. Restart the sendmail daemon Now, all of your mail will be stored in /usr/mail > Thanks > > ps sorry if i posted this to the wrong list... -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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