On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:45:58 -0400 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am finally making my cheapo lindows box into a honest machine by
> installing a backup program. I just mount a drive on another computer,
> run find -newer somedate and tar them and zip them. Works OK. I fine
> tune what files to tar with sed /file/d.
>
> Now, my question is, on a debian machine, since I would be restoring
> from CD for the operating system and I will download almost all my
> software from the warehouse, what do I really need to backup? I have
> to get my boot directory and /usr/local and /root and /home, but
> anything else?
>
You'll want /etc -- at least passwd, group, shadow, and a few others.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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