On Fri, 2019-08-16 at 09:20 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:11:09 +0100
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> > That was the first thing I tried, but I can't rename /newvar to /var as
> > /var is "in use" and of course can't be unmounted.
> 
> That sort of thing is what live media was invented for :-).
> 
> Boot off a live USB stick, mount the system disk in there and rename
> to your hearts content, because nothing is in use any longer.
> 
> If you have selinux enabled, might need to make the magic
> file that forces a relabel at boot time so selinux won't barf
> on the new directory.

Yes, a 'restorecon -R /var' was required.

poc
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