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Re: [TCLUG:3649] server upgrade



cp -a * /home

will preserve permissions and links, etc as much as possible.


On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Tim Wilson wrote:

> Hi *,   (I saw that on another list I'm on.)
> 
> I'm going to upgrade my network server in the next few days, and I'd like
> to check and make sure that I've got the procedure right. As I understand
> it, I should copy /etc and /var to someplace in my /home partition so that
> I can easily get everything running again after the upgrade. I'll
> probably actually do a reinstall because I'd like to see if I can do it
> by myself. It's a RedHat system, BTW. First, a couple questions:
> 
> 1. Is there anything special to watch out for when doing the cp to
> preserve /etc and /var?
> 
> 2. Will the user accounts be accessible automatically when I finish the
> upgrade, or do I have to 'reattach' them somehow to the rest of the
> system?
> 
> 3. I'm going to change the domain name while I'm at it. (It's not been
> registered yet.) Currently, its science.isd197.k12.mn.us. The sysadmin
> wants me to use science.sibley.isd197.k12.mn.us. Where do I need to make
> this change? Is it just that one setting in linuxconf?
> 
> 4. I assume that the other network settings won't be too difficult. I'll
> just need to know the default gateway, IP address of the server, netmask, 
> right?
> 
> Am I missing anything? I'd appreciate any other pointers that any of you
> may have.
> 
> -Tim
> 
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