From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 16 14:40:35 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 14:40:33 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.arch.bellsouth.net (ns1.arch.bellsouth.net [205.152.173.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C8337B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:40:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from bar (ckhome [24.31.106.127]) by ns1.arch.bellsouth.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA17078; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:40:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Christian Kuhtz" To: "John Bolster" Cc: Subject: RE: How to move /var directories Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:39:17 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Symlink the culprits to the /usr partition. For instance, mkdir /usr/mail mv /var/mail/* /usr/mail ln -s /usr/mail /var/mail And repeat ad nauseum. Cheers, Chris -- Christian Kuhtz -wk, -hm Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, Atlanta, GA, U.S. "I speak for myself only." > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John Bolster > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 5:39 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: How to move /var directories > > > Hi, > > I set up my FBSD 4.1 box with a 20MB /var and 14GB /usr and now I've spent > ages configuring everything else- dns, ftpd, httpd, firewall, etc. Now I > come to use it as a mail server for over 100 people, I've realized that /var > needed to be much bigger and I'll probably never have much use for all the > /usr space. > > I've read that there is no Partition Magic type program for FBSD, so I > assume I'll have to move /var/mail and /var/ftp somewhere else where there > is more room. > > Can anyone tell me if this is the best way to deal with this, if there is a > better idea, and (ideally) how to do it? > > Thanks for your help, > > John Bolster > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message