dorit ben shalom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> (I like keeping all my modified rc and cf files at the user level
> so I don't need to copy more than my home directory
> when re-intsalling system etc)
There are too many customizations that you can do to your linux system
to avoid tinkering with /etc. With minimal discipline, your personal
stuff, including configuration changes, can be kept confined to /etc,
/usr/local, and /home. The latter two can be kept on separate
partitions, so that when you re-install/upgrade they won't be mangled
(hopefully). Even if there is some weird trick to keep /etc on a
separate partition (not likely), it is probably not a good idea.
I (try to) keep all my configuration files (e.g. sendmail.mc) under
CVS control, and I keep the repository in /usr/local. Therefore, even
if I install a new system on the root partition, it will be a simple
matter to restore my configuration files. As a matter of fact, I
(try to) keep _all_ my stuff under CVS control, so the repository
is virtually the only thing I need to backup. Needless to say, if
I screw something up recovery is usually transparent.
This is cc-ed to the list in the hope that some find it useful and
others make suggestions for improvement.
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Oleg Goldshmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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