Re: Disaster Recovery files

2001-08-16 Thread P Kirk
I'll cp /etc. Its not just wiser...its easier. Many thanks!

Re: Disaster Recovery files

2001-08-15 Thread Mark Carroll
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Alvin Oga wrote: (sn ip) > "for firewall duties"... there should NOT be ppp config setup... > as ppp is insecure ( login/passwd in clear text ) and anybody > can login from anywhere... ?? (snip) PAP and CHAP are okay, aren't they? -- Mark

Re: Disaster Recovery files

2001-08-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya patrick you should copy the entire /etc directory its typically 50K in etc.tgz format .. put it on floppy ! sicne there are other files ( /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow that you already missed that you might wnt to keep...else you'd have to ask everybody to recreate their passwds and us

Re: Disaster Recovery files

2001-08-15 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On 15 Aug 2001 16:14:27 +0300, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > If I need to do a complete reinstall, and get my little server back to its > current working state, I need to have certain files backed up remotely. I > have a list below of the ones I think I need. > > Are there any other essentia

Disaster Recovery files

2001-08-15 Thread Patrick Kirk
Hi all, If I need to do a complete reinstall, and get my little server back to its current working state, I need to have certain files backed up remotely. I have a list below of the ones I think I need. Are there any other essentials for a working system with only file-sharing, firewall and mutt