Need Urgent Help

[Matthew Galgoci]

> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:21:37 -0500
> From: Michael Horton <Michael.Horton at acntv.com>
> Reply-To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Need Urgent Help
> 
> man tar
> 
> please read the sunamangers faq.
> 
> Sudip Niyogi wrote:
> > Hello,
> >  
> > I am comparitively new to System Administration, I have been asked to 
> > take a backup of the /home directory using tar and burn the tarball on a 
> > DVD.
> >  
> > Can somebody please tell me how should I do this? Also can I tar the 
> > /home when users are working on their respective home folders?

Editor's note: I let this post through even though this person is not subscribed.

Michael, maybe we need such a faq put together for this list. You want to draft a 
strawman and post it for comments?

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Matthew Galgoci
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Red Hat, Inc
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