Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:41:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: server rebuilds and disaster recovery Message-ID: <20060428134010.Q83434@bravo.pjkh.com> In-Reply-To: <19592.208.11.134.3.1146246838.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> References: <19592.208.11.134.3.1146246838.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com>
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> this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server in order to > recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1 array, and break > rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk). > > all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at recovering. sendmail, > apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem. > > what i think i need help with is, what is the best way to recover my > previous system's user accounts? this time around my server is going to > go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full buildworld before i build all > the daemons. > > can someone recommend a good way to recover my users, or dissertate how > they go about doing it successfully? also, any tips outside of users that > you think i might benefit from in a rebuild/redeploy, would also be > appreciated! Maybe I'm not fully understanding, but why wouldn't you just backup /etc/passwd (and all it's related master and db files), etc/group, heck, /etc/ in general, then everyone's home directories, /var/cron/tabs and /var/mail (or wherever you store their inbox) ??
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