From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 28 23:51:51 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 342B416A400 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:51:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.int.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0F5A43D45 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:51:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from hera.int.dfwlp.com (hera.int.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by zeus.int.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3SNpnk3021453 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:51:49 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:51:48 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <19592.208.11.134.3.1146246838.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> <20060428134010.Q83434@bravo.pjkh.com> In-Reply-To: <20060428134010.Q83434@bravo.pjkh.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604281851.48702.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on zeus.int.dfwlp.com 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 23:51:51 -0000 On Friday 28 April 2006 13:41, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > > 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) > well, thats pretty much what im doing right now, i just tarball /usr/home, /etc, /usr/local/etc, /root, a few things from /var. what i need to know is, what is the proper way to re-import these files once the new system is up? cheers, jonathan