RE: [cobalt-users] PKG to create a second root account to solve /var full issue

["Gavin Nelmes-Crocker" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have been searching still for a solution to the /var %100 full issue.
> On http://www.uk2raq.com/raqfaq/raqfaqshow.php?faq=89 there was a PKG to
> create a second root user by installing a PKG (of course which is run by
> root).
>
> Would this solve my problem of not having root login due to /var
> partition being 100% full or would it simply create the user and not let
> me login as that newly created root user due to /var still being 100%
> full? If it would work does anyone have a backup of that PKG or know of
> a mirror site. I cannot get the link I found to work, I believe the file
> has been taken down from that site.

I don't think this would solve your problem of not being able to su as /var
is full but it does give me an idea, why don't you create a pkg that deletes
some stuff of /var that you can do without so that you can get in and tidy
up.  As you say the pkg is run as root so should be able to do this but I
suppose you need an inkling of what has gone wrong so that you can delete it
safely

Gavin