On Jan 09, 2025, Walter Dnes wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. Next questions...
>
> [...]
> 2) I've got "sudo" sort of working. It still needs me to enter my
> user password before proceeding. Is this standard or am I doing
> something wrong? I've "asked Mr. Google" and added "waltdnes" to group
> sudo, as well as making a change in /etc/suders vith "visudo".

requiring your password for 'sudo' is standard practice. Are you
implying you want to perform root tasks as 'waltdns' WITHOUT password
confirmation?

>
> 3) What critical portions of the system should I back up regularly?
> Right now I expect that it should be something like...
>
> * /etc
> * /root
> * /home/user2
> * /home/waltdnes

Yes, No, Yes, Yes.

"/root" is the homedir for the "root" user. I wouldn't expect any
actual data there, especially given your above comment about using sudo.

>
> I want to run with 2 machines, with one being a "near-hot-backup"
> updated occasionally so that if the main machine fails catastrophically,
> I lose a few days of stuff at worst.

rsync and a cronjob? Though I wouldn't "backup" from A/etc to B/etc (or
the other directories), rather something like "A/etc" to
"B/backups/A/etc".

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