From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 30 01:50:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA02803 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 01:50:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from diablo.ppp.de (diablo.ppp.de [193.141.101.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA02794 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 01:50:56 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Lehey Received: from freebie.lemis.de by diablo.ppp.de with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0vTm4I-000QrDC; Sat, 30 Nov 96 10:50 MET Received: (grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.de (8.8.3/8.6.12) id KAA21946; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 10:10:56 +0100 (MET) Organisation: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, 36325 Feldatal, Germany Phone: +49-6637-919123 Fax: +49-6637-919122 Message-Id: <199611300910.KAA21946@freebie.lemis.de> Subject: Re: what do I have to backup? In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "Nov 28, 96 11:54:36 pm" To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 10:10:55 +0100 (MET) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Doug White writes: > 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 :-) All good advice for crash recovery. If you're moving the user base another system, on the other hand, you should only move these two files. If you only back up /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group, you'll need to run pwd_mkdb or vipw to make the other password files after you're back up again. Greg