On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 02:59:32PM +0000, Steve Kemp wrote:
>
> But reinstalling packages that place files in /etc would be a good
> idea if you didn't have any other backup handy.
> Something like the following will show you package names that need
> to be reinstalled:
>
> for i in `grep -l ^/etc/ /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list ` ; do file=${i/.list/};
> echo `basename $file`; done
>
> (Probably neater solutions exist.)
>
The problem with that is that it will miss packages which create files
in /etc during postinst, hence they are not the package list. Also, it
might be better to include a package in the list only if one or more if
its files is missing from /etc, but that could get a bit complicated.
> Once you've done that check these files at least before rebooting:
> fstab shadow group groups passwd inittab
>
Also, don't forget to make sure that /etc/init.d exists and is populated
and that the symlinks in /etc/rc{01,2,3,4,5,6}.d exist.
Regards,
-Roberto
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