What should be backed up?

[Frank Wissmann]

John Almberg schrieb:
> I am currently using rsnapshot to back up these directories on a FreeBSD 
> 7.2 webserver:
> 
> /etc
> /usr/home
> /usr/local
> /var/cron
> 
> These directories contain all the data and config files that I use... I 
> think...
> 
> Question: am I missing anything crucial?
> 
> Thanks: John
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to 
> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
> 
Hi!
As I think you should backup /var/db/ports and /var/db/packages in case 
your machine crashes and you might have /usr/local on an extra 
partition. Then you can easily make a new installation without 
reinstalling the whole stuff under /usr/local. The named directories 
contain information about the installed ports/packages and are needed to 
recover a crashed system.

Greetings Frank