In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Prewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > Today Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2003-01-07T17:35:49Z, Andrew Prewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Normally the master.passwd is backed up regularly by cron (/var/backups), > > > so maybe no need to backup it again. > > Were you joking? Surely you're not implying that there's no need to copy > > the data to tape (which is the most common use for dump) since it now exists > > in two places on the same hard drive - are you? > If /etc and /var are on the same HD, then it's not a production > machine or the setup is simly wrong.
It may not be a machine you'd want to use for what you use production machines for, but there are a fair number of production uses where you only have one hd, or where having /var and /etc on the same file system are acceptable. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message