Just an addition:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:14:39 +0200, "DA Forsyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> you want to do
> man rcs
> and start using RCS to track changes to your important system files.
> That way, if you delete one you can just check it out of the RCS
> store. 'backups with history'
You
On 22 Aug 2008 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] entreated
about
"freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 229, Issue 13":
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday night at 1 a.m. I have managed to remove /etc/groups (rm instead of
> vi, was already sleepying). Luckily only a few groups (2-3) was created
> earlier. No backup, "of course".
Great help from all of you! Thank you, Balazs
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:43:06 +0200
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: /etc/groups gone
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> &
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yesterday night at 1 a.m. I have managed to remove /etc/groups (rm
> instead of vi, was already sleepying). Luckily only a few groups
> (2-3) was created earlier. No backup, "of course".
Yes, there is a backup. Restore from /var/backups/group.bak.
Best regards
Ol
On 21 aug 2008, at 18:05, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Yesterday night at 1 a.m. I have managed to remove /etc/groups (rm
instead of vi, was already sleepying). Luckily only a few groups
(2-3) was created earlier. No backup, "of course".
I believe the file system is still correct, it
John Nielsen wrote:
I would start by comparing the contents of /usr/ports/GIDs with the ports
you have installed (as listed in /var/db/pkg). You can get a stock group
file from src/etc/group. Reinstalling ports will recreate the groups they
use (though you could do most of it manually), and you
I would start by comparing the contents of /usr/ports/GIDs with the ports
you have installed (as listed in /var/db/pkg). You can get a stock group
file from src/etc/group. Reinstalling ports will recreate the groups they
use (though you could do most of it manually), and you may be on your own
On Aug 21, 2008, at 9:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there any better way of rebuilding /etc/groups than guessing and
manually adding one-by-one.
Can I somehow list all group IDs used by the file system?
You should start with /usr/src/etc/group, which is the original
version of the gro
