Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:37:45 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1042407465.940ea7@mired.org> To: Andrew Prewett <andrew+freebsd-questions@kronos.HomeUnix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security vulnerability in dump Message-ID: <15899.18601.253736.141278@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030107211007.L86665@slave.east.ath.cx> References: <200301071548.H07FM0J93369@asarian-host.net> <20030107183359.A51290@slave.east.ath.cx> <877kdgvjub.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> <20030107211007.L86665@slave.east.ath.cx>
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In <20030107211007.L86665@slave.east.ath.cx>, Andrew Prewett <andrew@kronos.HomeUnix.com> typed: > Today Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2003-01-07T17:35:49Z, Andrew Prewett <andrew@kronos.HomeUnix.com> writes: > > > Normally the master.passwd is backed up regularly by cron (/var/backups), > > > so maybe no need to backup it again. > > Were you joking? Surely you're not implying that there's no need to copy > > the data to tape (which is the most common use for dump) since it now exists > > in two places on the same hard drive - are you? > If /etc and /var are on the same HD, then it's not a production > machine or the setup is simly wrong. It may not be a machine you'd want to use for what you use production machines for, but there are a fair number of production uses where you only have one hd, or where having /var and /etc on the same file system are acceptable. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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