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Date:      Sun, 12 May 2002 09:11:09 +0200
From:      Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de>
To:        Eqab Almutairi <gulfservers@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /var/log/messages
Message-ID:  <3CDE158D.A10D039A@liwing.de>
References:  <F165bs8NPXZ1rupWeqI0000c7b0@hotmail.com>

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Eqab Almutairi wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> i was trying to move /var to /usr/var but seems i damge everything and now i
> have
> 
> drwxr-xr-x  19 root  wheel      512 May 10 02:28 var
> 
> /var dir is there and not linking anwhere. also my /var/log/messages now
> dosnt log anything.
1st: AFAIK this is described in the FreeBSD handbook.
2nd:
  boot -s
  mount -u /
  mount -a -t ufs
  swapon -a
  #cd /
  mv var /usr
  ln -s /usr/var
  reboot

> i change it from syslog.conf to start log inside /usr/var/log but no lock.
I strongly recommend reading the handbook!

> i want right now only away to fix only the messages and make it log again to
> i see whats goes there specialy with my dns.
> 
> anyone?
> 
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