Re: [cobalt-users] var and root password

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, bpack@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> All the answers were great but no one answered my question:
> 
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:15:27 -0800
> From: "bpack@xxxxxxxx" <bpack@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [cobalt-users] /var removal and root password
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> What is it in /var on a RAQ2 that would effect the root password? If all the
> contents in /var are removed then root can no longer login but if they're
> replaced it works fine.

var/lock and var/run/ (inetd.pid etc)

(without inetd happy telnet won't be happy, and without var/lock, all
kinds of stuff including login won't be happy)

not having var/tmp will do interesting things as well....
it's mostly the directory structure here that's necessary, most of the
files in var/ are created by various things....


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