<br><br><br>Jack Byers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 08:59:49PM +0000, Jack Byers wrote:
> >
> > Well I was trying to back up my /etc dir of my 5.2 sys byers
> > by copying it over to a subdir under a username on my 6.2 sys corni
> > I used ftp as root and thot i had the right syntax
> > to get the files copied over to that subdir.
> Whoa... Sounds very bad.
> Another exemple why you shouldn't do this as root, I guess.
umm, yes altho i was trying to copy files some of which rqr root
> > full reinstall only possibility? or what?
> > I am not thinking too clearly right now...
> > any advice appreciated..
> Use `ls` to get the list of the files in /etc/ that are dated
> from the ftp transfer. Use `rpm -qf` to determine what packages
> these belong to and re-install them using the `--replacefiles`
> to get the /etc/ files by default.
> Some of the files change, you should be able to edit by hand
> provided you don't have too complicated a system (passwd,
> group, shadow, hosts, etc...)
> Emmanuel
Emmanuel, thanks for your response
I actually didnt get hit too hard, the ftp command
quit well before copying all of /etc on byers to /etc on corni,
probably bc of some permissions thing, not sure.
In any case I am extremely lucky.
corni is still up, functioning
It did overwrite XF86Config which might not be a prob, might work wochange
I havent tested restarting X yet,
looking for my corni monitor specs
It also got /etc/hosts* these I have corrected
It got fstab I corrected this, havent tested reboot yet
locate was broken bc /etc/group was overwritten
i found an old copy now locate works again
it got inetd.conf I corrected this.
maybe a few others also corrected.
The remaining stuff looks like i dont use much or at all,
but would like
to correct them if it is clear how to proceed in a way that
doesnt cause me more problems than i already have.
I am not sure exactly how rpm works with that '--replacefiles'
from the man page
--replacefiles
Install the packages even if they replace files
from other, already installed, packages.
not clear as to implications:
--is it necessary to use this --replacefiles option
--will upgrade of a pkg fail wo it?
--or will it upgrade the basic pkg wo overwriting my faulty files?
My main question re doing rpm upgrade on various pkgs is:
will it, especially with the --replacepkgs :
modify many other config files
that I havent overwritten and dont want modified?
I have done some rpm upgrading in the past, but far from an expert
for what it is worth here is the list of files and rpm -qf response
Any comments welcome
root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf DIR_COLORS
fileutils-4.0-21
/etc/HOSTNAME <<< corrected
/etc/MACHINE.SID <<< what is this? what creates it?
[byers@byers /etc]$ rpm -qf MACHINE.SID &
[byers@byers /etc]$ file MACHINE.SID is not owned by any package
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf Muttrc
mutt-1.0.1i-6
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf TextConfig
SVGATextMode-1.9-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf adjtime
initscripts-5.00-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf aliases
sendmail-8.9.3-20
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf aliases.db
sendmail-8.9.3-20
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf apcd.conf
file apcd.conf is not owned by any package
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf at.deny
at-3.1.7-14
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf auto.master
autofs-3.1.4-4
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf auto.misc
autofs-3.1.4-4
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf backuptab
file backuptab is not owned by any package
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf bashrc
bash-1.14.7-22
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf codepages
samba-common-2.0.6-9
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf codepages/codepage.437
file codepages/codepage.437 is not owned by any package
[root@corni /etc]#
root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf conf.linuxconf
linuxconf-1.17r2-6
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf cron.daily/updatedb.cron
file cron.daily/updatedb.cron is not owned by any package
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf cron.daily/inn-cron-expire
inn-2.2.2-3
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf cron.daily/inn-cron-rnews
inn-2.2.2-3
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf cron.daily/tetex.cron
tetex-1.0.6-11
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf cron.daily/tmpwatch
tmpwatch-2.2-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf cron.hourly/inn-cron-nntpsend
inn-2.2.2-3
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf cron.weekly/makewhatis.cron
man-1.5h1-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf crontab
crontabs-1.7-7
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf csh.cshrc
setup-2.1.8-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf dhcpc
dhcpcd-1.3.18pl3-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf dhcpc/resolv.conf
file dhcpc/resolv.conf is not owned by any package
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf dhcpc/hostinfo-eth0
file dhcpc/hostinfo-eth0 is not owned by any package
[root@corni /etc]#
root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf dumpdates
dump-0.4b15-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf exports <<< corrected
setup-2.1.8-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf fdprm
util-linux-2.10f-7
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf gated.conf.sample
gated-3.5.11-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf gettydefs
getty_ps-2.0.7j-9
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf gpm-root.conf
gpm-1.18.1-7
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf group <<< fixed, found old corni copy
setup-2.1.8-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf hosts.allow <<< corrected
setup-2.1.8-1
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf host.conf <<< ok
setup-2.1.8-1
root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf inetd.conf <<< corrected
inetd-0.16-4
[root@corni /etc]# rpm -qf info-dir
info-4.0-5
thanks
Jack
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