On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 12:22:13PM -0500, Michael Town wrote:
> Hey guys,
> I'm planning on switching my server from Mandrake 7.1 to a Debian potato
> box.  At the moment, my server is acting as: Email server, Web server,
> File server, Domain controller, FTP server (non-annonymous), Primary DNS,
> and firewall (well, NAT anyway).
> 
> My question is: which files will I need to back up to make the switch as
> seamless as possible?  My /Home directory is a separate partition, so I'm
> safe there (I think).  What I know for sure is my /root user directory,
> along with my apache and samba config files.  Also my passwd, shadow and
> groups files.  I'm also guessing the /etc/sysconfig directory (at least
> the network files)
> 
> I know I'm missing some, I just can't for the life of me remember what
> they are.

Why not just targz all the /etc and after the installation untargz it into
/etc/old and then do a copy-on-demand (as you configure things look into
the old config) ...?

florin

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