On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 04:24:29AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > if you move all your config and isntall db files to known > directories.. > > and if you descipline yourself and your users to put data only > into /usr/local or /home.... than you're all set... > > just backup /etc and /home and /usr/local... > ( everything else "should have been installed from cdrom" ) > > and if you wanna backup pending emails etc..etc.. > more stuff to look in /var/*... Especially /var/spool, /var/mail, /var/log and /var/lib (and possibly /var/www). > - problem is people put stuff where they like... > - some packages still put stuff in what they consider the "right place" > which may or may not be what you consider the "right place" Does not the Debian Policy and the FHS eliminate such problems? Are there debian packages that don't follow the FHS? -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 sön feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown Hans Ekbrand
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