From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 28 23:51:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA04763 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 23:51:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA04758 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 23:51:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA07001; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 23:54:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 23:54:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: michael dorin cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: what do I have to backup? In-Reply-To: <199611272107.PAA14070@chaski.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, michael dorin wrote: > > What are the minimum system files I have to backup to be able > to recover from a crash and still have the same users and passwords > as I had before? /etc/master.passwd /etc/group that should pick it all up. I'd just back up all of /etc to save yourself from reconfiguring everything else too. Actualy, I'd just back up everything :-) Tehre is no doubt more. See section 10.5.9 of the Handbook for the lowdown on backups. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major