On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 09:23:56 am Robert Moskowitz wrote: > How would you back up /etc/passwd and its shadow file (and the same for > /etc/groups) using rsync? Why can't you just rsync the whole /etc directory ? That what I do. > In my case, I have a USB drive to back stuff up to. I already have a > cron job, backing up /home > > And then, for my documentation, how would I restore the shadow files? Just copy it back from the backup ? Am I missing something from your questions ? AC -- 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