From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 30 20:21:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7938116A4CE for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:21:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from mordrede.visionsix.com (mordrede.visionsix.com [65.202.119.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A5B043F75 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:21:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists@visionsix.com) Received: from vsis169 (unverified [65.202.119.169]) by mordrede.visionsix.com for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:21:41 -0600 Message-ID: <003801c3b7c2$9eb0a120$df0a0a0a@visionsix.net> From: "Lewis Watson" To: References: <000801c3b7bd$2eb54740$df0a0a0a@visionsix.net> <3FCABADF.5090001@vonostingroup.com> <20031201040029.GB51594@sentex.net> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:21:40 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: Moving to New Server.. Passwd Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 04:21:43 -0000 > Getting back to the original question, yes. If *all* you want to maintain > is userid<->username, groupid<->groupname mappings (and user passwords), > then that should be all you need. But you'll also need home directories, > and limits you've put in place, and any other custom configuration you'll > want to copy over. > Hi Damian, Thanks for the ideas on the other stuff, I am always looking for new ideas and your post has certainly gave me several. I currently use Amanda for backing up several directories, including /home, custom scripts, configs, etc etc :-) I did try rsync ( I just never got comfortable with it I guess) for a short while myself but found that I like my tape backups. Also, I like the idea of just moving the drive(s) over, this is really sounds good for /home especially. That would make it easy to bring a new server online and with the tape we also have a backup to go with it in the event of a failure that knocks out the hard drives (Using raid 1) Thanks for the help with the question too, I wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing something :-) Lewis