deleted my /var/log directory

TuxLives · 05-07-2007, 08:02 PM

I accidentally deleted my /var/log directory (and it perm deleted not trash bin). Now my machine won't boot into X (kde). Any good way back or just reinstall?

gilead · 05-07-2007, 08:09 PM

Boot your machine with your install CD (or a rescue CD), mount the partition when /var lives and created the /var/log directory. The permissions on mine are 0755, the owner:group is root:root. Most of the logs files will be created when your box re-boots and if you get errors about missing log files, use the touch command to create them.

I may have misread your post - if you can already boot to a command prompt, login as root make the directory from there:

Code:

mkdir -p /var/log && chown root:root /var/log && chmod -c 0755 /var/log

TuxLives · 05-07-2007, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilead

Boot your machine with your install CD (or a rescue CD), mount the partition when /var lives and created the /var/log directory. The permissions on mine are 0755, the owner:group is root:root. Most of the logs files will be created when your box re-boots and if you get errors about missing log files, use the touch command to create them.

I may have misread your post - if you can already boot to a command prompt, login as root make the directory from there:

Code:

mkdir -p /var/log && chown root:root /var/log && chmod -c 0755 /var/log

Thank you, that got me back to the desktop!