From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 28 17:54:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69D8216A402 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:54:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.int.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CD4E43D48 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:54:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from mail.dfwlp.com (localhost.int.dfwlp.com [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.int.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3SHrwS4019324 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:53:58 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from 208.11.134.3 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhorne) by mail.dfwlp.com with HTTP; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:53:58 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19592.208.11.134.3.1146246838.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:53:58 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan Horne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on zeus.int.dfwlp.com Subject: server rebuilds and disaster recovery X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@dfwlp.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:54:02 -0000 this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server in order to recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1 array, and break rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk). all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at recovering. sendmail, apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem. what i think i need help with is, what is the best way to recover my previous system's user accounts? this time around my server is going to go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full buildworld before i build all the daemons. can someone recommend a good way to recover my users, or dissertate how they go about doing it successfully? also, any tips outside of users that you think i might benefit from in a rebuild/redeploy, would also be appreciated! thanks a million, jonathan