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List:       novalug
Subject:    Re: [novalug] Rebuilding system - what to "save?"
From:       Dan Arico <dan_arico () aricosystems ! com>
Date:       2005-08-28 20:13:17
Message-ID: 200508281613.17388.dan_arico () aricosystems ! com
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On Sun August 28 2005 3:45 pm, Rich Goodwin wrote:
> I am going to rebuild my system.  There are enough strange things
> going on and the firewall log file concerns me (looks like some strong
> probing and I am running out of space on root which I cannot find the
> source "readily.")
>
> In saving the system files - what is a good list to recover from an
> install??  /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow*, ....
>
> Rich

I'd save the entire /etc directory as well as any configuration files in 
your home directory at a minimum.

Dan Arico

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