On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 22:32 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 18:54 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 20:13 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 18:29 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I back up all of /etc and /usr/local. Also /opt if it exists. > > > > > > > > Is /opt really likely to contain some configuration information > > > > that a reinstall wouldn't set up? ISTM that, if the system > > > > is "modern" enough to use /opt for its install, then its config > > > > would also be in /var. Not so? > > > > > > /opt (and /usr/local) are likely to contain stuff that wasn't installed > > > via rpm or yum, thus needs to be preserved. That's all. YMMV. > > > > > ---- > > what about /var ? > > > > /var/www/html > > /var/www/named > > /var/lib/dhcpd > > /var/lib/imap > > /var/cache/samba > > > > come immediately to my mind > > I don't run public services on my personal machine so much of that > doesn't matter to me. Plus anything with "cache" in its pathname is > excluded by my backup script as a matter of course. > > I do back up /var/log though. You never know. ---- yeah but if it's a samba server... unfortunate that redhat packagers chose to use /var/cache/samba for important files also remembered... /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/pgsql (database users... not necessarily 'public' services) Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
