On Mar 27, Andy wrote:

Hi to all,

I know it is not security related topic, but I don't want to subscribe to another thread. I want to ask for a backup tool for suse 10. For the configuration files and mailserver I am using rsync to backup the files. How can I backup the user list and passwords... and recover them easy in case of disaster??

Hi Andy, First, please fix your mail client to insert line breaks after ~72 characters. I see that you are using Outlook Express which is rather dangerous to use, apart from being non-compliant to standards in several ways. It is easily replaced by the free and more feature-rich Mozilla Thunderbird Mail (http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/). Second, the answer to your question is an easy one. The users and passwords are kept in the file /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. But instead of saving only those two (with tar), I would backup the whole /etc directory, e.g. # tar czvf /data/backup/etc.tar.gz /etc Markus -- __________________ /"\ Markus Gaugusch \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign markus(at)gaugusch.at X Against HTML Mail / \

Second, the answer to your question is an easy one. The users and passwords are kept in the file /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

So if I overwrite these 2 files the users are restored? How can I then automatically create them the local directories? Let's say if we ignore the user files in case of crash), do I have to save the directory structure? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Boltz" To: Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [suse-security] Re: backup solution Hello, Am Montag, 27. März 2006 20:41 schrieb Markus Gaugusch:

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I want to ask for a backup tool for suse 10. For the configuration files and mailserver I am using rsync to backup the files. How can I backup the user list and passwords... and recover them easy in case of disaster?? [...] Second, the answer to your question is an easy one. The users and

On Mar 27, Andy wrote: passwords are kept in the file /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

But instead of saving only those two (with tar), I would backup the whole /etc directory, e.g.

# tar czvf /data/backup/etc.tar.gz /etc

I would not recommend compressed tar archives for doing backups - if one bit breaks, the whole archive can be unusable. Andy: If you already have rsync running, just use it to save all of /etc. If you need multiple backup instances, I'd recommend to use storeBackup on the rsync copy. For those who understand german: (sorry, no translation available) 7. Backup http://suse-linux-faq.koehntopp.de/ch/ch-backup.html Regards, Christian Boltz -- [Subject: Re: hpdarm bei Systemstart] Äh, sorry, es geht natürlich um hdparm, nicht um die Gedärme eines hp:-) [Heinrich Eisterer in suse-linux] -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help@suse.com Security-related bug reports go to security@suse.de, not here