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#1 2008-04-26 18:03:36

neok
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From: Cyprus
Registered: 2003-12-14
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Need help to rebuild my /var tree

Hi all,

I tried to resize my /var partition but I seem to have spoiled the permissions of the directories and files under /var. The contents is there so I only need to know the right permissions for the directories and files and how to set them up.

Any suggestions please?

My thanks in advance.


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Neoklis ... Ham Radio Call: 5B4AZ

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#2 2008-04-27 07:25:50

Allan
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Re: Need help to rebuild my /var tree

Do a "pacman -S filesystem" and note the reported permission differences.  Should fix most things.

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#3 2008-04-27 08:53:41

Spider.007
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Re: Need help to rebuild my /var tree

Or, even better, list all packages that use /var/; and reinstall those to fix their permissions:

pacman --sync `pacman -Ql | grep '/var/' | cut -d' ' -f1 | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '`

Last edited by Spider.007 (2008-04-27 08:54:42)

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#4 2008-04-27 14:14:19

neok
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From: Cyprus
Registered: 2003-12-14
Posts: 190
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Re: Need help to rebuild my /var tree

Spider.007 wrote:

Or, even better, list all packages that use /var/; and reinstall those to fix their permissions:

pacman --sync `pacman -Ql | grep '/var/' | cut -d' ' -f1 | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '`

Ah, thank you both very much! Looks like I better have a fresh look at man pacman...


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