Re: Cant remove /var, in relocating /var to a symbolic link

2008-10-06 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 03:31:42PM -0700, jaymax wrote: > > I am attempting to relocate /var to avoid files system full issues. > Using a - > mkdir /usr/var > cd /var > tar cf - . | (cd /usr/var; tar xf - ) > cd / > rm -rf /var > ln -s /usr/var /var > approach

Re: Cant remove /var, in relocating /var to a symbolic link

2008-10-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
ks in /var to the new ones. Careful of your naming so you don't get confused on a sleepy morning.I tend to name the new alternates something like var.log and var.mail, etc which helps keep them straight in my mind. jerry > -- > View this message in context:

Cant remove /var, in relocating /var to a symbolic link

2008-10-06 Thread jaymax
od755 but still cant remove, dev, dir empty but => Device busy How can I remove these two directories so that I can create a link from /usr/var to /var -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cant-remove--var%2C-in-relocating--var-to-a-symbolic-link-tp19847627p19847627.html Sent

Re: Symbolic link

2008-09-11 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Thanks for your replies; I will follow up and see what is happening. Jos ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Symbolic link

2008-09-11 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:05:43 +0200, Jos Chrispijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have this application that only works with local filedirectories. > Is it possible to make a symbolic link to a URL (internet location with > the files I want to display/open) so that I can fake lo

Re: Symbolic link

2008-09-11 Thread Pietro Cerutti
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Jos Chrispijn wrote: | I have this application that only works with local filedirectories. | Is it possible to make a symbolic link to a URL (internet location with | the files I want to display/open) so that I can fake location as being | local

Symbolic link

2008-09-11 Thread Jos Chrispijn
I have this application that only works with local filedirectories. Is it possible to make a symbolic link to a URL (internet location with the files I want to display/open) so that I can fake location as being local? Jos ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Want to symbolic link 2-3 hard drives (Allen D. Tate)

2005-10-04 Thread Allen D. Tate
Thanks to all who sent answers to my question. I am investigating vinum as I type this. :P __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org maili

Re: Want to symbolic link 2-3 hard drives

2005-10-02 Thread Chris
Deceased wrote: Allen D. Tate wrote: I apologize for not being more specific. I want to make at least 80 GB of hard drive space available for my users home directories and if at all possible 110 GB of hard drive space. RAID is not what I'm looking for. Thanks for your replies. :) You still

Re: Want to symbolic link 2-3 hard drives

2005-10-01 Thread Deceased
Allen D. Tate wrote: I apologize for not being more specific. I want to make at least 80 GB of hard drive space available for my users home directories and if at all possible 110 GB of hard drive space. RAID is not what I'm looking for. Thanks for your replies. :) _

Re: Want to symbolic link 2-3 hard drives

2005-10-01 Thread Allen D. Tate
I apologize for not being more specific. I want to make at least 80 GB of hard drive space available for my users home directories and if at all possible 110 GB of hard drive space. RAID is not what I'm looking for. Thanks for your replies. :) __

Re: Want to symbolic link 2-3 hard drives

2005-09-30 Thread Will Maier
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 02:19:40PM -0700, Raistlin Majere wrote: > If you were trying to get the aggregate of the two disks and use them as > /home you could use a RAID card of some kind to convince the OS to see > those two disks as one big disk (using RAID1) and then go through the > standard ins

Re: Want to symbolic link 2-3 hard drives

2005-09-30 Thread Will Maier
; directory. I am pretty new to FreeBSD (other than installing it a few > times and breaking it to learn) and I've never done a symbolic link > before. Can someone either give a quick tutorial or point me to a > hotwo? Thanks in advance. man 1 ls In your case, I'd recommend

Want to symbolic link 2-3 hard drives

2005-09-30 Thread Allen D. Tate
s and breaking it to learn) and I've never done a symbolic link before. Can someone either give a quick tutorial or point me to a hotwo? Thanks in advance. Allen D. Tate FreeBSD Junkie in training __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Ch

Re: Create and remove symbolic link in system start up and shutdown

2005-07-11 Thread Igor Robul
yoke an wrote: Hi , Does anyone know how to create & remove a symbolic link in the system start up and system shutdown? ie: (i'm using 3rd party sendmail that store in "/opt/test/sendmail" folder and create a symbolic link to start this sendmail in the system s

Create and remove symbolic link in system start up and shutdown

2005-07-11 Thread yoke an
Hi , Does anyone know how to create & remove a symbolic link in the system start up and system shutdown? ie: (i'm using 3rd party sendmail that store in "/opt/test/sendmail" folder and create a symbolic link to start this sendmail in the system start up)

Re: Apache Symbolic Link Error

2004-12-30 Thread Matthew Seaman
Richard Collyer wrote: I'm trying to get apache to use users areas. If I use a dir named public_html in the users area then it works fine. If I try and use a sym link to link to another folder then it refuses to work. I get a "403 Forbidden - You don't have permission to access /~richard/test.html

Re: Apache Symbolic Link Error

2004-12-29 Thread -
You need a Options FollowSymLinks. But, I strongly advise you against allowing symlinks in user directories. It's just a security breach. Richard Collyer wrote: Hi, I'm trying to get apache to use users areas. If I use a dir named public_html in the users area then it works fine. If I try and use

Apache Symbolic Link Error

2004-12-29 Thread Richard Collyer
Hi, I'm trying to get apache to use users areas. If I use a dir named public_html in the users area then it works fine. If I try and use a sym link to link to another folder then it refuses to work. I get a "403 Forbidden - You don't have permission to access /~richard/test.html on this server."

Re: symbolic link cycling

2004-05-27 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 07:12:02AM -0400, Boucher, Eric wrote: > Is it possible to know which folders are pointing to each other in a cycle > manner by doing a find or some other command? I have a backup utility (in > windows thru samba) which seems to backup redundant files, probably due to > som

symbolic link cycling

2004-05-27 Thread Boucher, Eric
Hi everyone, Is it possible to know which folders are pointing to each other in a cycle manner by doing a find or some other command? I have a backup utility (in windows thru samba) which seems to backup redundant files, probably due to some symbolic links pointing to each other in cycle. Maybe a

Re: cyclic symbolic link in /usr/local/share/nls/C

2003-10-08 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 08:51:48AM +0200, Fritz Heinrichmeyer wrote: > Hello, > > why is, regardless of freebsd version in /usr/local/share/nls/C the > following symbolic link to itself > > C -> C > > , why not .keep_me or something? > > It somtimes le

cyclic symbolic link in /usr/local/share/nls/C

2003-10-07 Thread Fritz Heinrichmeyer
Hello, why is, regardless of freebsd version in /usr/local/share/nls/C the following symbolic link to itself C -> C , why not .keep_me or something? It somtimes lets find operations fail (too much redirections). After deletion it reappears mysteriously. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Fr

Re: symbolic link to webstats

2002-10-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 02:44:39PM -0600, Grant Cooper wrote: > Hi, I would like to create a symbolic link to my /var/logs/. > Is there a right way to do. I was just going to use the symbolic link > command but I've never done this before. I want my users to be able to > dow

Re: symbolic link to webstats

2002-10-03 Thread RichardH
At 02:44 PM 10/3/2002, Grant Cooper wrote: >Hi, I would like to create a symbolic link to my /var/logs/. >Is there a right way to do. I was just going to use the symbolic link >command but I've never done this before. I want my users to be able to >download there stats whenever

symbolic link to webstats

2002-10-03 Thread Grant Cooper
Hi, I would like to create a symbolic link to my /var/logs/. Is there a right way to do. I was just going to use the symbolic link command but I've never done this before. I want my users to be able to download there stats whenever they like. If anyone has a better solution I would like to

Re: Symbolic Link Creating

2002-07-21 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
On Monday 22 July 2002 02:38 am, Devdas Bhagat wrote: | On 22/07/02 01:41 -0400, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: | | | > I would do | > | > mkdir /usr/var | > mv /var/log /usr/var/log | > ln -s /usr/var/log /var | | I would probably HUP syslogd too, given that the original files would be | open wh

Re: Symbolic Link Creating

2002-07-21 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On 22/07/02 01:41 -0400, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: > I would do > > mkdir /usr/var > mv /var/log /usr/var/log > ln -s /usr/var/log /var I would probably HUP syslogd too, given that the original files would be open when you mv them. Devdas Bhagat To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Symbolic Link Creating

2002-07-21 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
On Monday 22 July 2002 01:34 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hi | I am trying to work out how to symlink my log files from /var | to /usr/var (?/usrvar/log/) as var is full.to create some space. | Should I copy the logs across then make the link? | How do I actually make the link? Do I make it

Symbolic Link Creating

2002-07-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi I am trying to work out how to symlink my log files from /var to /usr/var (?/usrvar/log/) as var is full.to create some space. Should I copy the logs across then make the link? How do I actually make the link? Do I make it for each file or can I do this for the whole directory?Both Lin