Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 03:21:16 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> Cc: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, RCC <rcc@unired.net.pe>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP !!! I've deleted /var !!! Message-ID: <19991030032116.E317@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910300307440.19432-100000@propro.oldserver.demon.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910300123220.14363-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910300307440.19432-100000@propro.oldserver.demon.nl>
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On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 03:12:33AM +0200, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, J McKitrick wrote:
>
> > OK, i copied the CDROM var to mine. WHat info needs restored? Don't i
> > need to rebuild the ports/packages db? What else needs repaired?
> >
>
> It is absolutely essential for historical reasons that you reconstruct
> the following files in /var/log:
>
> maillog
> ppp.log
>
> Take special care to get the older maillogs, which were gzipped before
> they died, as well.
>
Can you elaborate as to why? I periodically rm(1) all the *.gz
files in /var/log
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