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.


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