Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 12:30:24 -0800 From: Ed Hall <edhall@weirdnoise.com> To: Andrew Prewett <andrew+freebsd-questions@kronos.HomeUnix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, edhall@weirdnoise.com Subject: Re: security vulnerability in dump Message-ID: <200301072030.h07KUOBT005310@screech.weirdnoise.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Andrew Prewett <andrew@kronos.HomeUnix.com> of "Tue, 07 Jan 2003 21:13:51 %2B0100." <20030107211007.L86665@slave.east.ath.cx>
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> Today Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2003-01-07T17:35:49Z, Andrew Prewett <andrew@kronos.HomeUnix.com> writes: > > > Normally the master.passwd is backed up regularly by cron (/var/backups), > > > so maybe no need to backup it again. > > > Were you joking? Surely you're not implying that there's no need to copy > > the data to tape (which is the most common use for dump) since it now exists > > in two places on the same hard drive - are you? > If /etc and /var are on the same HD, then it's not a production > machine or the setup is simly wrong. Ri-i-ight... So I should add a second HD to every server in the rack, hmmm? It's standard practice to make /var its own filesystem, but where do you get the idea that it should be on its own drive? -Ed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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