Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 01:20:50 +0000 From: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: purpose of /var/backups Message-ID: <20050118012050.GA32816@catflap.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20050117220451.GC7893@polands.org> References: <20050117220451.GC7893@polands.org>
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--6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 04:04:52PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, >=20 > On my 5.3-STABLE systems I have a directory in /var called backups. A > view of man hier says:=20 >=20 > backups/ miscellaneous backup files >=20 > with files like: >=20 > aliases.bak > aliases.bak2 > group.bak > group.bak2 > master.passwd.bak > master.passwd.bak2 >=20 > I'm curious, what process are writing these files to this directory? periodic daily is at work here. --->$ find /etc/periodic -name '*backup*' /etc/periodic/daily/200.backup-passwd /etc/periodic/daily/210.backup-aliases > Does something depend on these files existing? Potentially, your ability to recover your system should any of the files backed up become corrupted or compromised. Dan --=20 Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3B9D 8BBB EB03 BA83 5DB4 3B88 86FC F03A 90A1 BE8F _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB7GRyhvzwOpChvo8RAo6PAJ0fl9I5mi0KcpipBSzljrtNqWkC9ACfWWDE WlCnSvU+exhZ/CeGrH78MBU= =2ce7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0--
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