Re: [cobalt-users] Root almost Full on Raq4

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Paul-Hus Diane" <dph@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Where do I create the symbolic link in /usr or in /home/usr  ?
> cd /usr
> ln -s /home/usr/local /usr/local

That will create a symbolic link at /usr/local which points to a real
directory at /home/usr/local.  A good way to get used to how "ln" (and a lot
of other commands) work is to create a directory in /home/tmp and practice
with them.  As long as you're practicing on copies of files, files you
created, etc. there's no danger that you may screw something up.

> Also just a confirmation , will this affect the Cobalt warrenty ?

I do not know.  But I guarantee that anyone that administers a Cobalt box
properly has broken the warranty many times over if the warranty is taken at
face value.  I think you're ok creating a symbolic link to address a
partition that is getting full because Cobalt chose to make that partition
so tiny.

> The /usr/local have all the frontpage cnf files , will this still be OK ?

I can't say from experience since none of the boxes I've done this on have
sites using Frontpage.  My advice is to make sure you have a good backup
*and* recovery system in place (this means testing the recovery phase to
make sure it works) and give it a shot.  If you run into problems, restore
from a good backup.  No harm done.

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