On 02/16/2011 10:07 AM, Armelius Cameron wrote: > 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. Well I was 'cherry picking'. /etc has ~2300 files for 46Mb. If I use the --backup and NOT the --backup-dir I will probably only see a one-time hit of lots of files. >> 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 ? It was could you access the password shadow file as root, and a bit of looking, I see you can. -- 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
