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What to back up?

What basic system files should I back up if I wanted to get my box in working order after some kind of failure?

I know to back up the .conf files (and any others I customized) for my programs such as apache, postgres, php, etc. I also know to back up the web data I have and run regular back ups of my databases.

What about the start up and config files? Should I save everything in /etc/ too, or just the hosts, hosts.conf, and rc.'s ?

What am I missing? Thanks.

Brett

Just backup everything in /etc and /var or perhaps your entire /usr/local, /usr/sup, /usr/src/sys/i386/conf.

Back up your system is the most important thing for you can not enter it when there is a system crash and some important data like your besiness agreement, previous photos, etc. Some free backup software may help you, such as todo backup. etc.

OMG! Talk about a late reply. I'm still rocking out FreeBSD - and now I know what files to back up. THANKS!

Brett :eek:

lol... yeah, hopefully you've learned a thing or two Brett. ;)

Good to see ya still around.

-John

lol... yeah, hopefully you've learned a thing or two Brett. ;)

Good to see ya still around.

-John

LOL, yeah. - I should lurk a little more in the FreeBSD and Perl areas. :D

Wow, that's a blast from the past. Welcome back mr. estrada :)