Dear Brooks, Thank you very much for your fast and helpful reply.
# populate /var /usr/sbin/mtree -deU -f /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist -p /var # add sendmail bits /usr/sbin/mtree -deU -f /etc/mtree/BSD.sendmail.dist -p / # create new syslog files /usr/sbin/newsyslog -CC # add a lastlog file /usr/bin/touch /var/log/lastlog > I cribbed this from /etc/rc.d/var on current. This is fantastic, thanks! With best regards, David. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr David Philip Kreil ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ Research Fellow `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) University of Cambridge (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' ++44 1223 764107, fax 333992 _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dpk20 (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"