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Vram wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 20:55 -0500, David A. Cobb wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I have needed to tear my system down and start over from the CD a
couple of times now. Up until now, it has been successful to save
my /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/shadow files so I don't lose my
(human) accounts.
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Why are you saving this stuff???
You are starting over
Just Wondering?
Vram
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">For my human users. I don't want to compromise anyone's privacy. They are not "starting over." I get enough static as it is because of instabilities in the system. It's fair enough -- I cause most of them! I rarely leave "well enough" alone.
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David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
"By God's Grace, I am a Christian man; by my actions a great sinner." -- The Way of a Pilgrim: R.French, Tr.
Free at last! Free at last! Using Linux, I'm FREE at last!
Life is too short to tolerate crappy software!
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