Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:13:51 +0100 (CET) From: Andrew Prewett <andrew@kronos.HomeUnix.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security vulnerability in dump Message-ID: <20030107211007.L86665@slave.east.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <877kdgvjub.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> References: <200301071548.H07FM0J93369@asarian-host.net> <20030107183359.A51290@slave.east.ath.cx> <877kdgvjub.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net>
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Today Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2003-01-07T17:35:49Z, Andrew Prewett <andrew@kronos.HomeUnix.com> writes: > > > Normally the master.passwd is backed up regularly by cron (/var/backups), > > so maybe no need to backup it again. > > Were you joking? Surely you're not implying that there's no need to copy > the data to tape (which is the most common use for dump) since it now exists > in two places on the same hard drive - are you? If /etc and /var are on the same HD, then it's not a production machine or the setup is simly wrong. -andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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