Thank God for backups!
Vram
lamsokvr at xprt.net
Fri Apr 21 21:35:38 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 21:23 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I just had a scare. I almost lost all my important passwords and other
> critical data. But thanks to my backups I didn't.
>
> You see, I deleted the ~/.kde directory thinking "I use Gnome, I don't
> need that". But I was forgetting that I use the KDE wallet (ie. password
> manager) to store all my private data (I have a LOT of passwords). Next
> time I clicked on the Wallet icon I got the message "You don't have any
> wallets". I think I felt my heart stop... but thankfully my system is
> setup to do daily backups. I quickly got my wallet back and didn't lose
> a single password.
>
> The moral of the story: Backup your home directory.
>
> Ubuntu has an easy to use backup tool, I highly recommend it. Install it
> right now, don't wait! : sudo aptitude install sbackup
>
> After installing, go to System > Administration > Simple Backup Config.
> The default settings are great, you can take those.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
You are lucky.. 8^))
I can't get God to do backups for me..
Gota do them myself
Vram
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