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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: /etc/master.passwd: No such file or directory -sh-2.05b# |
| Date | 2016-04-10 04:48 +0000 |
| Organization | Miskatonic U |
| Message-ID | <slrnngjmut.2rkd.g.kreme@amelia.local> (permalink) |
| References | <kij7gbd3mv140hrta1vb3nhab0soiti054@4ax.com> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
In message <kij7gbd3mv140hrta1vb3nhab0soiti054@4ax.com> Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> wrote: > ****************** > Step 8 sort of amazes me: Type: ln -s /private/var var > Is that all that is needed to recreate a file that was missing, a > "symbolic link, the UNIX equivalent of a Mac alias or Windows short > cut"?????? Seems like it creates the file, but no contents for > it!!!!! If it's a link, what does it link to? The standard UNIX directories /etc /tmp and /var are not used in OS X, instead they are placed in a directory /private and then links to the "usual" places are created. $ ls -lsd /etc /var /tmp 8 lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Sep 30 2015 /etc -> private/etc 8 lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Sep 30 2015 /tmp -> private/tmp 8 lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Sep 30 2015 /var -> private/var If these links do not exist, things break. -- You have severe reading comprehension problems that I can not be held responsible for.
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/etc/master.passwd: No such file or directory -sh-2.05b# Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 16:01 -0400 Re: /etc/master.passwd: No such file or directory -sh-2.05b# Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-04-09 21:22 +0000 Re: /etc/master.passwd: No such file or directory -sh-2.05b# Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-10 04:48 +0000
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