RE: URGENT HELP REQUIRED

From: Craig Boston <craig_at_xfoil.gank.org>
Date: 29 Apr 2003 10:48:55 -0500
On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 09:52, CARTER Anthony wrote:
> To everyone:
> 
> I am downloading latest ISOs and will re-install but without removing my
> current installation (just overwrite).
> 
> Anyone got any "gotchas" that I should know about or watch out for?

Main one I can think of, is if it's possible you should back up
/etc/master.passwd and /etc/groups.  I think these get clobbered on an
install and rebuilding them from scratch can range from being somewhat
annoying (only one user) to being a major pain (many users and groups).

Craig
Received on Tue Apr 29 2003 - 06:49:03 UTC

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