From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 7 14:23: 2 2003 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 96E5737B401 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 14:23:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from east.ath.cx (catv-50622a7a.nyircatv.broadband.hu [80.98.42.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D172143EA9 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 14:22:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from witch@kronos.HomeUnix.com) X-Complaints-To: abuse@kronos.homeunix.com X-SMTP-Authenticated: CRAM-MD5 X-Message-Flag: Ditch the crappy mail client and get a real one! Received: from slave.kronos.homeunix.com (tgo1vusucqe399hz@slave.kronos.homeunix.com [10.1.1.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by east.ath.cx (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h07MMvRI000940 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 23:22:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from witch@slave.east.ath.cx) Received: from slave.east.ath.cx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slave.kronos.homeunix.com (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h07MMv0H035227 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 23:22:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from witch@slave.east.ath.cx) X-Authentication-Warning: slave.east.ath.cx: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] claimed to be slave.east.ath.cx Received: (from witch@localhost) by slave.east.ath.cx (8.12.7/8.12.6/Submit) id h07MMqVb035225; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 23:22:52 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 23:22:52 +0100 (CET) From: Andrew Prewett Reply-To: Andrew Prewett To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security vulnerability in dump In-Reply-To: <15899.18601.253736.141278@guru.mired.org> Message-ID: <20030107230749.F83991@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> <15899.18601.253736.141278@guru.mired.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Today Mike Meyer wrote: > In <20030107211007.L86665@slave.east.ath.cx>, Andrew Prewett typed: > > Today Kirk Strauser wrote: > > > At 2003-01-07T17:35:49Z, Andrew Prewett 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. Yes, it depends. Sure, if it's not a home pc, then backup is a must, regardless how many hd's are in the machine. But I wouldn't put / and /var on the same fs, even on my home pc. -andrew P.S.: sorry for the double post, my sendmail got SIGSEGV after I hacked a bit, and doesn't checked the queue before reposting the same article. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message