From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 28 18:38:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 90D1D16A419 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:38:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44DBD43D4C for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:38:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F49913C7E3; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:41:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1878213C7C0; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:41:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1608D13C404; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:41:19 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:41:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Philip Hallstrom To: Jonathan Horne In-Reply-To: <19592.208.11.134.3.1146246838.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> Message-ID: <20060428134010.Q83434@bravo.pjkh.com> References: <19592.208.11.134.3.1146246838.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: server rebuilds and disaster recovery X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:38:53 -0000 > 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) ??