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 Posted: Fri May 10, 2002 3:29 am Post subject: Keep your /etc from getting toasted. |
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This is from something that happened to me and here is a nice script that will back up your /etc in a clean and orderly mannor, originally created by "mdpye" then further refined by "leaf" and "Roy":
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#!/sbin/runscript
# Backs up /etc/*
start() {
local BACKUPDIR="/var/backup"
local DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
local files=`ls -r ${BACKUPDIR}/etc*.tar.gz`
ebegin "Backing up /etc/* to ${BACKUPDIR}/etc-${DATE}.tar.gz"
if [ ! -d ${BACKUPDIR} ]
then
mkdir -p ${BACKUPDIR}
fi
backup=3
for arg in ${files}
do
if [ "${backup}" -le 0 ]
then
rm -f ${arg}
else
backup=$((${backup} -1))
fi
done
tar -Pzcspf ${BACKUPDIR}/etc-${DATE}.tar.gz /etc
eend $?
}
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Save it as something like backup-etc in /etc/init.d/, then run (as root):
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# chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/backup-etc
# rc-update add backup-etc default
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And now your /etc is safe from mishap, thanks guys.
SideNote: you can also run it as a cron job if your an uptime freak 
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| Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 10:01 am Post subject: |
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SECURITYWARNING!!!
You better make sure ${BACKUPDIR} is NOT world-readable. Hint: shadow. |
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mdpye
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| Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: Keep your /etc from getting toasted. |
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| AutoBot wrote: | | This is from something that happened to me and here is what two Gentoo users "leaf" and "Roy" came up with: |
<bruised ego>Actually I wrote the original script</bruised ego>
but mine was crude, it didn't fit with the whole gentoo rc-scripts scheme.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: Keep your /etc from getting toasted. |
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| mdpye wrote: | | AutoBot wrote: | | This is from something that happened to me and here is what two Gentoo users "leaf" and "Roy" came up with: |
<bruised ego>Actually I wrote the original script</bruised ego>
but mine was crude, it didn't fit with the whole gentoo rc-scripts scheme. |
Ok edited, sorry about leaving you out 
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mdpye
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| Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2002 9:41 am Post subject: Re: Keep your /etc from getting toasted. |
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| AutoBot wrote: | | Ok edited, sorry about leaving you out |
Oh, thanks. I didn't expect to be written in or anything.
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rojaro
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"Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important
stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)": -- Linus Torvalds
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razamatan
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:13 am Post subject: |
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i made a backup script that you guys/gals might be interested in... same kinda goals...
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=401456
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koala
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Has anyone ever considered putting /etc in a CVS repository? Any ideas, experiences on that?
I think it could be useful to store past versions of config files et al. |
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