Instructions for repairing symbolic links in Mac OS X.

1. Boot into single user mode 
	(Command + S)

2. Mount the hard drive as read/write:
	/sbin/mount -uw /

3a. To test the links (to verify that they are broken), try to change directories (cd) into the folders.

	Examples:

	cd /etc
	cd /tmp
	cd /var

3b. If you cannot change directories into these, the files are most likely broken, or missing.  If the file is missing (determine that by doing an 'ls') Proceed to step 4.  If the file is present, but broken, you must remove it (proceed to step 3c).

3c.  You must remove the defective symbolic links (if present):
	rm /etc
	rm /tmp
	rm /var

4.  To re-create symobolic links, type in the following commands:
	ln -s /private/etc /etc
	ln -s /private/tmp /tmp
	ln -s /private/var /var

5.  Restart the computer 
	reboot

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SymLinks.rtf
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