Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:57:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Ian Kallen <ian@gamespot.com> To: Paul Sondhu <paul@comcirc.com.au> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with root filesystem becoming full Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970806085310.23213A-100000@ns2.gamespot.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970806200651.4972A-100000@riker.comcirc.com.au>
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Yes, move it and create a symbolic link to the new location. I disable any daemons that might want to access it while I do this (kill sendmail and turn popper off in inetd). /var/mail & /var/spool have to be big enough to handle the mail traffic. On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Paul Sondhu wrote: > Is it possible to move the /var/mail directory onto a different partition > and then create a symbolic link to this new directory without incurring > any problems? This would greatly improve our disk space problem. We have -- Ian Kallen ian@gamespot.com Director of Technology and Web Administration SpotMedia Communications http://www.gamespot.com/ http://www.videogamespot.com/
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