[K12OSN] Retiring a K12LTSP server (back to just FC6 LAMP/Samba)

[Doug Simpson]

Yes.

Here are files to keep for much of it.

/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/hosts
/etc/exports (if you need NFS)
/etc/passwd  (if you want to keep usernames, etc.)
/etc/shadow  (same as above)
/etc/dhcpd.conf (for reference only)
/etc/gshadow ( never actually used this one, but I keep it anyway. . .)
/etc/samba/smb.conf (if you use samba and for reference)
/etc/samba/smbpasswd (for samba user information)
/etc/samba/secrets  (helped me recover XP/domain login info (I didn't have 
to rejoin the computers to a new install))

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf  (or wherever your apache config files are)
 				(also depends on the version of apache)

Various files you have made yourself:

example, I have one called addusr that adds a user to linux and samba at 
the same time by entering all their data on a single commandline.

Like:

/usr/sbin/addusr loginname password "Full Name"

/usr sbin/setsysclean
(this one automatically distributes the Trend system cleaner to all my 
servers that do domain logins so the users get the updated one every time 
there is a new one and it runs it automatically at login on every 
computer.

These are examples of things I keep from a server when it is time to 
upgrade or change.

Your mileage may vary. . .


Doug Simpson
Technology Specialist
Classified Know-Nothing
DeQueen Public Schools
DeQueen, AR 71832
simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Tux for President!

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Mike Oliveri wrote:

> I agree, a reinstall is your best bet. It's faster and safer.
>
> You could, however, backup a lot of the config files in the /etc
> directory to make life easier for yourself. Even if you don't restore
> them directly to the new server, you would have them on-hand for
> reference to see how things were configured before. This would be
> especially helpful for Apache and Samba configs.
>
> Take care,
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
> Behalf Of Martin Woolley
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 3:12 AM
> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Retiring a K12LTSP server (back to just FC6
> LAMP/Samba)
>
> On Wednesday 25 Oct 2006 07:34, Carl Keil wrote:
>
>> Can someone recommend a way to "convert" this thing back to straight
>> FC?  Can I "yum remove" certain things, disable certain repos and turn
>
>> off a few services?  I would like to, at that point, be able to run
>> "yum upgrade" and get to pretty much stock FC6 without repo conflicts.
>
>> It's at k12LTSP 4.2.2 right now.
>
> I think a reinstall would be quicker.  By the time you've worked out
> want you don't need on a web server (Openoffice, Graphics, Sound, Games,
> Edutainment, LTSP, etc) and uninstalled it, and worked out what you do
> need (Apache) and what you might need (Mod-Perl, Mod-Python, MySQL,
> Postgresql, etc), I think that you could have reinstalled it from
> scratch.
>
> I recently re-installed our FC5 LAMP server in a couple of hours
> (hardware replacement just like yours) and it is humming away nicely.  I
> lost no sleep wondering if I'd forgotten something when it went live.
>
> --
> Regards
> Martin Woolley
> ICT Support
> Handsworth Grammar School
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>
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