On Saturday 07 June 2003 08:49 pm, rikona wrote: > Hello, > > As a complete newbie, I didn't realize the value of the comments in > the original conf files, and didn't know that the various setup > programs would overwrite so many of the comments. It would be nice to > see all the originals. Is there a place on the install disks where > these are stored? At first glance, it seems as though these are > 'installed' via rpms - if so, wouldn't this overwrite the ones I have > now? > > How can I get copies of the originals, which I would rename as .orig, > of course.
If you know the package names, you can probably extract them from the original packages. I think the relevant command is cpio or something liek that, but I am not that familiar with it. You have stumbled upon a reason why so many experts choose to config by hand editing the files and storing lots of info in comments about why certain things are set the way they are. -- Greg
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