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Morten-Christian Bernson wrote:

> I don`t believe I had anything important in /var, but I can`t boot without
> the /var dir set up properly, so my question is... How do I restore my
> /var dir?  I have no backup (stupid me I guess).
> 
> I think I will backup before following any usefull tips and tricks here
> later.

	A) ALWAYS have good backups before doing any system administration
tasks. No one should need to remind you about that. 

	B) You can use mergemaster to generate a virginal /var directory. Just
do 'mergemaster -v -t /tmp/temproot' then after the directories are
created hit Ctrl-C, go to /tmp/temproot and 'cp -rP var /'. This his
assuming that you have properly set up your symlink from /usr/var to
/var. 

Good luck,

Doug
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