> I am in the mind-boggling process of setting up a Linux server for an
> office network (actually I'm struggling). A horrible thought occured to
> me, what if something goes wrong in the future (maybe a rogue
> application or something like that) and I lose all these settings I am
> pain-stakingly implementing, is there no way other than to start from
> scratch? In Windows something like this can sometimes be solved by using
> a previously backed up copy of the registry. Basically is ther a Linux
> equivalent of the Windows Registry?
Fortunately, no there is not. :-) Just get a decent tape drive
(DAT or something) and get in the habit of doing full system
backups once a week, and differential (or incremental) on all
other days of the week. If disaster strikes you can restore
from tape and you're good to go. You'll be surprised to see,
though, that your Linux box won't get corrupted on a regular
basis like Windows does. Rogue programs usually couldn't do
much damage if they wanted to because of the file permissions
and security model that Linux uses.
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Bill Kocik
Information Systems
Medar, Inc.
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.medar.com
