i moved /var /home /usr with the command cp -a which preserves everything, i did it on 2 main servers and have nbot had a single problem so i bet its a safe way of doing it(the servers have been online since april)
cp -a doesn't work on more obscure platforms like irix..there is a tar command..that acts like cp -a i saw it posted in a magazine(Maximum Linux) but i forgot what it was, if its linux its safe to use cp -a nate On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Alberto Bigazzi wrote: albbig > albbig >The / partition on my home PC is fairly small and sometimes gets filled albbig >up because ov /var, so I've decided to migrate /var somewhere else. albbig > albbig >I have /usr and /home as separate partitions and would like to leave /usr albbig >alone, thus putting /var under /home, which is quite large and nearly albbig >unused (it's just a home PC, and use it to connect to the 'real' one at albbig >work). albbig > albbig >Q: Which is the correct way to do this? albbig >======================================= albbig > albbig >I actually did it "by hand", by tar-ing /var, copying it under /home and albbig >untaring it there. Then deleting /var and symlinking /home/var to /var. albbig > albbig >But I guess this is something VERY BAD as I ended up with lots of problems albbig >with PERMISSIONS. Now normal users CANNOT write into directories under albbig >/var, like /var/log or /var/lock, so I get lots of troubles of any albbig >kind... albbig > albbig >Alberto. albbig > albbig > albbig > albbig > albbig >-- albbig >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null albbig > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:23am up 122 days, 19:13, 2 users, load average: 0.42, 0.33, 0.30
