FreeBSD 9.0: I am repositioning my /var directory from the root level to /usr/var and resetting them (/var and /tmp) to soft links at the root level. This, in order to avoid frequent disk full conditions.
The /var directory is currently empty except for the .sujournal file and the run/ directory which contains the automounter.and.mnt sub-directory which is empty. Attempts to remove these have failed.
Both
It does not seem to matter whether I am in multi or single user mode.
Similarly, .sujournal, permissions could be reset, but removal attempts returns an "Operation not permitted" message.
Suggested solution welcomed.
The /var directory is currently empty except for the .sujournal file and the run/ directory which contains the automounter.and.mnt sub-directory which is empty. Attempts to remove these have failed.
Both
rmdir automounter.and.mnt
and rm -rf automounter.and.mnt
returns a 'device busy' message, attempts to change permissions from dr-xr-xr-x (555) to 755 or 777 fail with a read-only file system message. It does not seem to matter whether I am in multi or single user mode.
Similarly, .sujournal, permissions could be reset, but removal attempts returns an "Operation not permitted" message.
Suggested solution welcomed.