> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David A. Woyciesjes
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:33 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: Prepping for system wipe & reload
>
> Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Here's the checklist I have so far:
> >> 1 - /home partition - separate drive
> >> 2 - Files copied to the second drive:
> >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >> rpm for RPM forge
> >> /etc/yum - entire folder
> >> /etc/yum/repos.d - entire folder
> >> /etc/yum.conf
> >> /etc/yumex.conf
> >> /etc/yumex.profiles.conf
> >> 3 - Files installed via Yum(ex) - Hmmm, need to figure this
> >> one out. Any
> >> pointers?
> >
> > Sounds like the rpm --setugids didn't work?
>
> May have, but something is still funky with the user profiles.
You can fix home directories with this shell command:
getent passwd | awk -F: '{system("if [ -d /home/"$1" ]; then chown -R
"$3":"$4" /home/"$1"; fi")}'
These ticks are the straight or forward ticks beside the <Enter> key.
This will set all user home directory ownership back to their own.
Re-installing will not fix these perms anyways!
> > Did you have any /usr/local applications installed?
>
> Nope. Just stuff via yumex.
>
> > You can use rpm --verify along with it's options to find
> config files
> > that have been modified from their defaults and copy those over.
>
> That I'm not too terribly worried about.
>
> > The next install should set all the /etc/X11 stuff for you,
> no need to
> > copy it.
>
> Well I have a nVidia Quadro2 Pro AGP, and a Matrox
> MilleniumII PCI for
> my dual head setup. It took a little fiddling to get the resolution
> settings I wanted, so this will save time. :)
>
> > You only really need the rpmforge repo def in
> /etc/yum.repos.d unless
> > you have a lot of excludes defined in yum.conf.
>
> Okay. Thanks.
>
> Overall, with all things considered, a wipe is probably
> the best course
> of action. Good thing I had /home on a separate
> partition(well, drive).
> --
> --- David Woyciesjes
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