Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 00:08:45 -0500 From: Uriel Ash <unmash@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Delelted my /var directory during installation Message-ID: <38C1EBDD.3812080B@earthlink.net>
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Hi Everyone; I just installed FreeBSD and I followed Greg Lehey's advice of not installing a /var directory. After installation I tar the contents from /var to /usr/var ( as Greg suggests. I actaully typed what he says in the Complete BSD book verbatim) and proceeded to remove the /var directory and all it's contents. THe problem is, apparently the tar did not work. All the contents of /var have gone and none of the files that were originally there are in the /usr/var directory. I now get "cant create /var/clean" and similar messages. I dont even get to log in as root, I get placed there right away, without any password etc. How can I get the /var information back and fix up my system again??? Thanks Uriel Ash PS! I apologise of the format is messed up, the only access to the net I have is thru windows. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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