server rebuilds and disaster recovery

this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server in
order to
recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1
array, and break
rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk).

all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at recovering. 
sendmail,
apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem.

what i think i need help with is, what is the best way to
recover my
previous system's user accounts?  this time around my
server is going to
go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full buildworld before
i build all
the daemons.

can someone recommend a good way to recover my users, or
dissertate how
they go about doing it successfully?  also, any tips outside
of users that
you think i might benefit from in a rebuild/redeploy, would
also be
appreciated!

thanks a million,
jonathan

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> this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server
in order to
> recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1
array, and break
> rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk).
>
> all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at
recovering.  sendmail,
> apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem.
>
> what i think i need help with is, what is the best way
to recover my
> previous system's user accounts?  this time around my
server is going to
> go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full buildworld
before i build all
> the daemons.
>
> can someone recommend a good way to recover my users,
or dissertate how
> they go about doing it successfully?  also, any tips
outside of users that
> you think i might benefit from in a rebuild/redeploy,
would also be
> appreciated!

Maybe I'm not fully understanding, but why wouldn't you
just backup 
/etc/passwd (and all it's related master and db files),
etc/group, heck, 
/etc/ in general, then everyone's home directories,
/var/cron/tabs and 
/var/mail (or wherever you store their inbox)

??
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Philip Hallstrom wrote:
>> this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0
server in order to
>> recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a
RAID1 array, and break
>> rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk).
>>
>> all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at
recovering.  sendmail,
>> apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem.
>>
>> what i think i need help with is, what is the best
way to recover my
>> previous system's user accounts?  this time around
my server is going to
>> go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full
buildworld before i build all
>> the daemons.
>>
>> can someone recommend a good way to recover my
users, or dissertate how
>> they go about doing it successfully?  also, any
tips outside of users 
>> that
>> you think i might benefit from in a
rebuild/redeploy, would also be
>> appreciated!
> 
> 
> Maybe I'm not fully understanding, but why wouldn't
you just backup 
> /etc/passwd (and all it's related master and db
files), etc/group, heck, 
> /etc/ in general, then everyone's home directories,
/var/cron/tabs and 
> /var/mail (or wherever you store their inbox)
> 
> ??


and then restore them to the new boxen and run pwd_mkdb(8),
of course ....

And then the real question.  If this box is currently
functioning and 
all filesystems are intact, what's wrong with dump(8) and
restore(8)?

Kevin Kinsey

-- 
An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both
ways.
		-- Isaac Asimov
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On Friday 28 April 2006 13:41, Philip Hallstrom wrote:
> > this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0
server in order to
> > recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a
RAID1 array, and break
> > rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk).
> >
> > all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at
recovering.  sendmail,
> > apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem.
> >
> > what i think i need help with is, what is the best
way to recover my
> > previous system's user accounts?  this time
around my server is going to
> > go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full
buildworld before i build all
> > the daemons.
> >
> > can someone recommend a good way to recover my
users, or dissertate how
> > they go about doing it successfully?  also, any
tips outside of users
> > that you think i might benefit from in a
rebuild/redeploy, would also be
> > appreciated!
>
> Maybe I'm not fully understanding, but why wouldn't
you just backup
> /etc/passwd (and all it's related master and db
files), etc/group, heck,
> /etc/ in general, then everyone's home directories,
/var/cron/tabs and
> /var/mail (or wherever you store their inbox)
>

well, thats pretty much what im doing right now, i just 
tarball /usr/home, /etc, /usr/local/etc, /root, a few things
from /var.  what 
i need to know is, what is the proper way to re-import these
files once the 
new system is up?

cheers,
jonathan
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