OpenServer 5: Security databases are Corrupt!

[asteeves]

I tried to quickly free up some space in / by:
mv /var /home/var
ln -s /home/var /var

Bad Idea!

Resulting console messages:
INIT: cannot open /etc/inittab errno:2
INIT: failed write of utmp entry:"r0"
sulogin:resource:system defaults database could not be allocated due to: cannot be read
Security databases are corrupt

Users get the following message on login:
LOGIN:ERROR - failed to initialize policy manager. (IFOR_PM_FATAL).

I have begun to google in search of hints/solutions but any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks
Andrew

 

[stanhubble]

If the system won't come up at all:

use Root and Boot diskettes,
mount /dev/hd0root /mnt
mount /dev/home /mnt/home "OR" mount /mnt/dev/home /mnt/home
rm /mnt/var
mv /mnt/home/var /mnt/var
umount /mnt/home
umount /mnt