On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 12:02:03AM -0400, Michael Fratoni wrote: > > I also find out that in SUSE Linux there's a time-stamped backups of > > the RPM database in /var/adm/backup/rpmdb and that you can just copy it > > to /var/lib/rpm, and everything gets back to normal! Anyway thanks a > > lot! > > Hrmm, not a bad idea. Simple enough to accomplish via a cron job. > You'd want to add some error checks and remove older backups, but > basically this should work:
Personally, I find this to be a bad idea. Everything needs to be backed up, and that's a user's responsibility. First the distributor decides you need rpmdb backed up, and then the password and group files, and then configuration files, and then they don't stop until you no space for your backups. A good administrator will take backups of the important stuff. In my daily backups, I include /var. Even without a tape drive, you can take backups. A hard drive just for backups is pretty inexpensive and will save your data in almost all cases (power surges that take out both drives are rare) - you won't be protected from a rm / but for accidental erasures, you'll be in good shape. There are *lots* of free backup packages out there, including some commercial packages that have free home use verions. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
