Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:13:14 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: purpose of /var/backups Message-ID: <20050118121314.GA94754@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20050118012050.GA32816@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <20050117220451.GC7893@polands.org> <20050118012050.GA32816@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 01:20:50AM +0000, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 04:04:52PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > > On my 5.3-STABLE systems I have a directory in /var called backups. > > ... snip ... > > > > I'm curious, what process are writing these files to this directory? > > periodic daily is at work here. > > --->$ find /etc/periodic -name '*backup*' > /etc/periodic/daily/200.backup-passwd > /etc/periodic/daily/210.backup-aliases > > > Does something depend on these files existing? > > Potentially, your ability to recover your system should any of the files > backed up become corrupted or compromised. > Thank you -- Regards, Doug
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