Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:45:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bill Beavers <bbeavers@Moonraker.afsc.k12.ar.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: restoring lost files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113124503.2209t-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971111135414.8522A-100000@Moonraker.afsc.k12.ar.us>
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On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Bill Beavers wrote: > I recently had a crash, and had to install a new harddrive, so > consequently, I just re-installed my 2.1.7 stuff all over again. I > backed up my /var/home directory as well as /etc. My question is this... > If I restore the tarred files I made for /home and /etc, I know I will > get the home directories and group pid and uid's back, but what about > mail? I didn't backup /var/mail. Will that cause me problems. As I > have about 50 users on this machine, I don't want to create confusion, so > would I be better off to just add all users again so that the accounts > are created with the proper mail files, or will restoring /var/home fix > that for me? You can get back what you have backed up. If you didn't back up /var/mail, then it's history. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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