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Hello guys,

I have broken the cardinal rule - not creating normal user and working as Root - and as such deleted the /var/adm/messages directory. Is there any way possible to recover this.

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You have a backup, of course?

Seriously, this cannot be answered without information about which platform you're on.
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You have a backup, of course?

Seriously, this cannot be answered without information about which platform you're on.
I am running Solaris 10 on an x86 platform.
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On x86 Solaris 10, /var/adm/messages is a file not a directory. It's 644 owned by root:root. Just create an empty file.
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On x86 Solaris 10, /var/adm/messages is a file not a directory. It's 644 owned by root:root. Just create an empty file.
Dude you rock, I was shaking cos I thought I messed up my little baby....Cheers
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