From: "scott.list" scott.list@mlec.net
My real, main objective is to be able to get a config working on a local machine for FTP, Postfix, Apache, etc. then quickly getting a remote server up and running with those configs in a quick fashion. I would like to have my configuration "portable" so to speak so I may change providers on a whim if desired, and to do minimal configuration on the remote server to quickly get it to the stage and setup of my main, home box.
Then you should maintain all configuration and other system-specific files under CVS. That way you know what may or may not need to be changed, possibly with a couple of sed commands after checkout.
This is the greater detail of "configuration management" in general, and not really specific to any backup scheme.
-- Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org