On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 15:21 -0700, Stuart McGraw wrote: > I currently backup user only my user files with the > understanding that if I lose important system files, > I will reinstall the system from distribution media. > > Yesterday I had a little accident when I accidentally > deleted an unknown number of files in /var. But > since the rpm database was still intact, I was able > to "rpm --verify" all my packages, identify those > with missing /var files and reinstall just those > rpms. > > Which leads to my question... Are there certain > files and directories that should be saved because > they are unusually important and can help recover > from common problems, without backing up *all* the > system files? In my case above, having the rpm > database was critical. I backup config files in > /etc and elsewhere that I've modified. Are there > other *really* important system files I should be > saving? I back up all of /etc and /usr/local. Also /opt if it exists. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
