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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
