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A FireWall-centric LinuxDistribution with a web-based configuration interface.

!! How to fix the scarcity of [Inode]s on <tt>/var</tt>

Since having <tt>/var/log</tt> mounted is not essential for continued running, this is easy as long as you have another machine to copy everything to.

# rsync(1) is not included with [IPCop] by default, so [SCP] it from another machine:
  <verbatim>
  scp -P 222 /usr/bin/rsync ipcop:/usr/bin/rsync
  </verbatim>

# Make a temporary directory on the backup machine and change into it.
  Make sure it's on a [Partition] with enough room.

# On the backup machine:
  <verbatim>
  rsync -vaz -e 'ssh -p 222' ipcop:/var/log/\* .
  </verbatim>
  This recursively copies the directory contents, preserving file attributes, using compression.
  The <tt>-e</tt> switch tells rsync(1) how to invoke ssh(1).
  It is necessary because the [IPCop] [SSH] daemon runs on port 222.

# Now on the [IPCop] machine, make a new file system with approx 4 times as many [Inode]s as before:
  <verbatim>
  umount /var/log
  mke2fs -j -N 65536 /dev/harddisk3
  mount /var/log
  </verbatim>

# And now copy the whole thing back:
  <verbatim>
  rsync -avz -e 'ssh -p 222' . ipcop:/var/log
  </verbatim>

# Check that everything looks right on the [IPCop] machine and (for good measure) reboot it.

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Last edited on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 3:41:29 pm by CraigBox

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