From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 4 21: 9: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4298037B97E for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 21:08:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from unmash@earthlink.net) Received: from earthlink.net (dialup-209.246.75.169.NewYork2.Level3.net [209.246.75.169]) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA19310 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 21:08:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38C1EBDD.3812080B@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 00:08:45 -0500 From: Uriel Ash X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Delelted my /var directory during installation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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