Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:28:26 +0000 From: "V.I.Victor" <idmc_vivr@intgdev.com> To: "Tino Engel" <elrap@web.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing "/var/mail" to a symlink Message-ID: <W145277427251971197815306@webmail10>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Tino Engel [mailto:elrap@web.de] >Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 12:58 PM >To: 'V.I.Victor' >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Changing "/var/mail" to a symlink > >V.I.Victor schrieb: >> Because of "/var" size considerations, I'd like to use a symlinked >> "/usr" directory for email instead of "/var/mail". >> >> Based on today's research, I think the following will work. >> >> >> With mail delivery off, I 'su' and: >> >> mkdir /usr/var.mail >> cd /var >> cp -p mail/* /usr/var.mail/ >> mv mail mail.bak >> ln -s /usr/var.mail mail >> >> Since 'ls -l /var' shows: >> >> drwxrwxrwt 2 root mail 512 Dec 14 14:24 mail >> >> I should then: >> >> cd /usr >> chmod 1777 var.mail >> chown root:mail var.mail >> >> No changes are made to the "/var/mail" symlink. >> >> Then, if everything works, I just delete "/usr/mail.bak". >> >> >> Does this seem OK? >> >> >> Sorry to bother everyone with what's probably a trivial question, but >> I *really* want to avoid screwing-up. The machine is remote; accessed >> via ssh. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >Sounds reasonable to me. >I'd just check afterwards if the permissions are like you want them to >be, i.e. as they have been before... > >And you might send one or another testmail to the an account on the >system to see if everything works as before, before you delete the >mail.mak directory... > >Rg, Tino Thanks for the reply! I was pretty sure that the symlinking was right, but was not sure how the permissions carried thru -- as you also mentioned. I probably should have asked differently... Also, a suggestion was made off-list that "moving" /var/mail was better-done via mounting a nullfs. I'm reading up on that now.
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