VAR directory

[Cliff Peet]

Thanks for your help !

Lessons learnt here: don't mess with root and back up system files as  
well as data. Got the server back up by booting up in single user and  
in root ran: find -type d  -name var
and there it was in the desktop of root, (./root/desktop/var so  a mv  
var /  put it back and rebooted, and OK. Lucky !!

Thanks again for all your help
Cliff


On 31 Jul 2007, at 18:13, Khare, Rahul (GE Infra, Water, non-ge) wrote:

> /var filesystem contains the list of log files and the lock files.  
> Deleting it will cause problems when the sessions are closed and  
> also during logging. You need to create the filesystem and simply  
> touch the files.
>
> Run "find /var -type f", "find /var -type d", "find /var -type l"  
> to determine all the regular files, directories and links on any  
> other server. Afterwards try to emulate the same in the current  
> server.
>
> Alternatively, you can run:-
>
> locate var| grep "^/var"
>
> To find out all the files and folders, which were present in the / 
> var filesystem. But this would be successfull only if the "slocate"  
> has not run and the locate database is older.
>
> Hope it helps!!
>
> Rahul.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com]On Behalf Of Cliff Peet
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:50 AM
> To: linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
> Subject: VAR directory
>
>
> Hi
>
> By accident I have deleted the VAR directory. In Centos. We are using
> this server for our file server, is there a way I can get this back?
> Help??
>
> The server is still working, but I can not log in to the graphical
> interface or log back in to the server now. existing connections are
> still up.
>
> Cliff
>
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