Clint Pachl escreveu: > This is exactly why I don't allow /etc, /var/cron/tabs, and so on to be > working directories. Like you mentioned, it will crap out some programs. > I use rcs instead of cvs; much simpler and effortless to setup and > manage. What I do is create an RCS root, /root/rcsroot. The first time I > need to change a system file, I copy it into /root/rcsroot, maintaining > directory hierarchy of course. For example, /etc/pf.conf would go to > /root/rcsroot/etc/pf.conf. I make changes to files in the rcsroot, and > when I like the way they look, I copy them to the system and check them > in. This preserves original file permissions and doesn't clutter the > system with repos stuff. Also, I can quickly see and maintain only what > I have modified. > > I must confess that I perform these actions manually, like the copying > of the working file back to the system. This could be scripted to make > it even easier. I thought about it, but it's just so easy already. For > example you could modify a config file using a single command: `confedit > /etc/pf.conf`. It could perform the 2 or 3 other commands needed to copy > files around and do the check-in. > > For backup, I do `dump | ssh backupbox` from cron. Simple and easy. > > This is a good discussion. Please do enlighten use with your setup. > > -pachl > > I do the same here, as i stated before. The difference is that i use central svn repo on the office, and do the checkout and the commits from the local sites. I have a nifty script that compares the svn tree with the / filesystem. Any changes and i will be told so immediately. The process is manual also, but there are some things that i do point directly to the svn tree, like squid conf's and openvpn stuff. My /etc/squid/squid.conf points to /root/frw-<name>/etc/squid.conf. Only no point things that are chrooted like named and httpd that can't being a symlink to the tree. This is a very interesting debate, and there certainly lots of ways of accomplish this task. It would be nice if others enlighten us with the other methods they use.
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