Suse 8 /var Directory

malanve · May 9, 2012, 1:57pm

Hi there,
I'm working on a Suse 8 based system and picked up that the crontab was missing. after some investigation i realized that the hole /var directory is missing.

I would like to now if its common for this directory to go missing?
Can I copy another Suse 8 /var directory to this one? or would it break the machine?

Kind Regards

bartus11 · May 9, 2012, 1:59pm

Maybe it is just not mounted. Check

grep var /etc/fstab

malanve · May 9, 2012, 2:04pm

As far as I know its not set up as a partition.
This machine was not rebooted for 40 days.
# uptime
8:01pm up 40 days, 11:37, 0 users, load average: 3.08, 3.06, 3.05
When I do "grep var /etc/fstab" its not showing anything.

Do you think this will come back after a reboot?

Kind Regards

bartus11 · May 9, 2012, 2:06pm

Maybe something was mounted over "var" (unlikely but possible). Check

mount | grep var

malanve · May 9, 2012, 2:08pm

If I run this i just get a #. What does that mean?? LOL
mount | grep var

bartus11 · May 9, 2012, 2:11pm

Can you post full command that you run with its output?

malanve · May 9, 2012, 2:14pm

This is what I'm getting on both commands.

0091173:/ #
0091173:/ # grep var /etc/fstab
0091173:/ #
0091173:/ # mount | grep var
0091173:/ #

bartus11 · May 9, 2012, 2:16pm

So there is nothing mounted over /var. And what does this produce:

find /var

malanve · May 9, 2012, 2:23pm

That is more or less my problem...

0091173:/ # find /var
find: /var: No such file or directory
0091173:/ #

bakunin · May 9, 2012, 6:45pm

Strange. There should at least be the mount point even if the fs is missing.

Check the partitions on your local disks: maybe /var got unmounted somehow. If this is the case you could just recreate the mount point and mount it.

To check them list all partitions on your local disks and mount everything not already mounted elsewhere and being of linux fs partition type on a temporary directory.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

PS: if you find your /var this way have a word with your colleagues: this has not happened all by itself.

mark54g · May 12, 2012, 12:17am

Here's another thought. Why are you still on such an ancient operating system? My serious suggestion, for security and stability's sake, is to get onto something less than 10 years old.

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