On 02/08/2013 03:44 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 08.02.2013 10:33, schrieb Rejy M Cyriac: >> However, the files with the similar names, but with '-' appended are >> backups created on change to the corresponding files, through user and >> group administration tools. So they are run-time created files, and are >> not owned by any rpm package, and so are not part of any update to packages. >> >> $ rpm -qf /etc/passwd- >> file /etc/passwd- is not owned by any package >> $ rpm -qf /etc/group- >> file /etc/group- is not owned by any package >> $ rpm -qf /etc/shadow- >> file /etc/shadow- is not owned by any package >> $ rpm -qf /etc/gshadow- >> file /etc/gshadow- is not owned by any package > > thank you for confirming this > > so i can stop rsync them if i need the same users with the > same passwords on another virtual machine or drop them > completly > > > yes, you may do that for the 'minus' suffixed files, without any issues. - rejy (rmc) -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
