In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Prewett
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> Today Kirk Strauser wrote:
> > At 2003-01-07T17:35:49Z, Andrew Prewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Normally the master.passwd is backed up regularly by cron (/var/backups),
> > > so maybe no need to backup it again.
> > Were you joking? Surely you're not implying that there's no need to copy
> > the data to tape (which is the most common use for dump) since it now exists
> > in two places on the same hard drive - are you?
> If /etc and /var are on the same HD, then it's not a production
> machine or the setup is simly wrong.
It may not be a machine you'd want to use for what you use production
machines for, but there are a fair number of production uses where you
only have one hd, or where having /var and /etc on the same file
system are acceptable.
<mike
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