Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-28 Thread Steve Litt
Bob Proulx via Dng said on Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:57:36 -0700 >Mike Tubby wrote: >> ... but if you run a nameserver you may well need: >> >> /var/cache/bind >> >> as that's where your zonefiles are ;-) > >Sorry. No. I am curious what led you to that conclusion? > >By default in the Debian p

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-28 Thread Bob Proulx via Dng
Mike Tubby wrote: > ... but if you run a nameserver you may well need: > > /var/cache/bind > > as that's where your zonefiles are ;-) Sorry. No. I am curious what led you to that conclusion? By default in the Debian packaged configuration only the cached zone files downloaded on secondari

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-26 Thread Rod Rodolico via Dng
Or, tell bind to place the zone files where they originally were, in /etc/bind/zones or something. The change was made about 10 years ago as a "security feature" and is mainly used for running bind in a jail, so if it gets hacked, they can't mess up the rest of the server. I remember when Debian w

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-26 Thread Steve Litt
Mike Tubby said on Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:07:36 + > >... but if you run a nameserver you may well need: > >     /var/cache/bind > >as that's where your zonefiles are ;-) Thanks for reminding me again one of the reasons I don't use bind. Who in their right mind would put zone files in a cache di

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-26 Thread Mike Tubby
On 24/11/2021 10:08, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote: Hi Hendrik, Hendrik Boom writes: I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to start *everythng* over from scratch. Which top-level filesystems should *n

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-24 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi, Steve Litt writes: > Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng said on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:43:28 +0100 > >>Anno domini 2021 Tue, 23 Nov 14:27:56 -0500 >> Hendrik Boom scripsit: >>> I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so >>> that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without h

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-24 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Hendrik, Hendrik Boom writes: > I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so > that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to start > *everythng* over from scratch. > > Which top-level filesystems should *not* be backed up. > > To start with, I presumabl

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-24 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng writes: > Anno domini 2021 Tue, 23 Nov 21:39:07 +0200 > Lars Noodén via Dng scripsit: >> On 11/23/21 21:27, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> > I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so >> > that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without havin

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-23 Thread Steve Litt
Harald Arnesen via Dng said on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:56:43 +0100 >Steve Litt [23/11/2021 21.48]: > >> >> The majority of files in /home/yourname are useless. /home/yourname >> is a mishmash of stuff you created, settings you use, and useless >> crap >^^

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-23 Thread Harald Arnesen via Dng
Steve Litt [23/11/2021 21.48]: The majority of files in /home/yourname are useless. /home/yourname is a mishmash of stuff you created, settings you use, and useless crap like cache. It's huge and ugly. For that reason I create other top leve

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-23 Thread Steve Litt
Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng said on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:43:28 +0100 >Anno domini 2021 Tue, 23 Nov 14:27:56 -0500 > Hendrik Boom scripsit: >> I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so >> that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to >> start *everythng* o

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-23 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng
Anno domini 2021 Tue, 23 Nov 21:39:07 +0200 Lars Noodén via Dng scripsit: > On 11/23/21 21:27, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so > > that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to start > > *everythng* over from scratch. >

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-23 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng
Anno domini 2021 Tue, 23 Nov 14:27:56 -0500 Hendrik Boom scripsit: > I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so > that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to start > *everythng* over from scratch. > > Which top-level filesystems should *not* be backe

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-23 Thread Lars Noodén via Dng
On 11/23/21 21:27, Hendrik Boom wrote: I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to start *everythng* over from scratch. [snip] It depends on what you've set up. For the systems I have, I only back up the co

[DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to start *everythng* over from scratch. Which top-level filesystems should *not* be backed up. To start with, I presumably shouldn't back up /proc /tmp /dev (cause I