From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Tue May 10 06:32:30 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEFA3B355F6 for ; Tue, 10 May 2016 06:32:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F55102D for ; Tue, 10 May 2016 06:32:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id C9582B355F5; Tue, 10 May 2016 06:32:30 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9042B355F4 for ; Tue, 10 May 2016 06:32:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B99FA102B; Tue, 10 May 2016 06:32:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from FreeBSD.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7287F152B; Tue, 10 May 2016 06:32:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 06:32:29 +0000 From: Glen Barber To: Thomas Zander Cc: "O. Hartmann" , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: installworld on r299292 through r299317 will replace master.passwd, passwd, and group files Message-ID: <20160510063229.GC47527@FreeBSD.org> References: <20160510055341.GA47527@FreeBSD.org> <20160510081844.54f1cb28@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="exKAuxcSaZxx4B14" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT amd64 X-SCUD-Definition: Sudden Completely Unexpected Dataloss X-SULE-Definition: Sudden Unexpected Learning Event X-PEKBAC-Definition: Problem Exists, Keyboard Between Admin/Computer User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 06:32:31 -0000 --exKAuxcSaZxx4B14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 08:25:22AM +0200, Thomas Zander wrote: > On 10 May 2016 at 08:18, O. Hartmann wrote: >=20 > > I haven't figured out so far how far this goes. Lucky for those having > > recent /etc/ backups. A pity FreeBSD doens't backup this by default. >=20 > After having shot myself in the foot some time ago, "zfs snapshot" has > become a part of my standard upgrade procedures :-) >=20 No argument that this is valuable, but we cannot rely on filesystem specific solutions. Similar topic came up a few days ago following lunch. It got me thinking of a better way to ensure this kind of thing does not require home-grown foot protection from cannons. It should be fairly trivial to automatically backup /etc (and related) when 'distribution' is run, either intentionally or accidentally (or by commit mistakes, such as this). Glen --exKAuxcSaZxx4B14 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXMYB9AAoJEAMUWKVHj+KTw+8P/AzVNhAPfAkWzUjwR4iel24f rKdXV1AkKsaHUI3W2180SeKbR6PYYgWHb+i/RwbB4HBQDS35LrBmRHA9raXfRV4a z6krVytc2+S35etMiEslrVJFTNobatqnRgx9HMBgvpf8NLBlYvLlE0lKsptdV4+Q QoTtc3D7Ow31Myr11dGt13h5L9CsLKTklYv3rbhBbhJqbdYk3Xqj9PSJw6LpnxK8 oMRiOpDVInCBdcfk/cKrTUfqIxkXkr2L+NKOBL12GIt4fh1Q1qbRxhtHVMz1J3S2 Xl9w9iedyvrgq5VRtwl1bvDWkOnwy4i0usYL4NaQt2QKntPaT1hlZ+UIMc5i84SB ObUv89BR3Ny9SjBO/HTACZlsaRSu+11KUSL3jyyGIj3TydtMLzVKNjnqr/N14F8O mG06rL+grRYXQFso3aNWWAFwKB7UksWWUJ1ljB+TFWRm8bCISbmB1HCZsCyVDcmA 0g9q9ikxroWBwuv+drdgbpCliDDU7A6lVjFV0SK5+3a7wzwcMbcYRsUfdwN4kCXv wRsNKKupSAltB0VDzyqjLp6MRQJriF5nrb/nLhkNYgPm9vOKsqr16XkVnyH3G12m aQ1EuHam6mMxXqqrw3tGD52Xs2SNGClb1rLL+Jh6Yrb3E0Qf9sq6yaQXo/8Bis0o tH+RYMSphaAw9eOfXjBs =oeZf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --exKAuxcSaZxx4B14--