User-configured files and directories

SCO OpenServer Handbook
Chapter 2, Installing or upgrading an SCO system

This is a list of files and directories that are often configured, and may have changes that you need to restore after installing a new SCO system. (The Upgrade installation type attempts to preserve configurable files.) This list is not exhaustive, nor will every file on this list have changes that you want to save. The list is simply a starting-point for deciding which files have important user-specific or system-specific information.

CAUTION: Before beginning any installation or upgrade, make sure you have up-to-date backups of all the data currently on your system (see the System Administrator's Guide).

NOTE: Please be aware that some of the listed files might be links. In order to properly back up all required data, you must traverse each of these links to the target file. Set the option on your backup utility to traverse symbolic links. For example, use the -L option with cpio(C) , which will traverse and back up all symbolic links.

Files likely to be configured:

 /etc/checklist                         /etc/inittab
 /etc/default/*                         /etc/mscreencap
 /etc/conf/init.d/*                     /etc/passwd
 /etc/cshrc                             /etc/profile
 /etc/ddate                             /etc/rc
 /etc/dialups                           /etc/systemid
 /etc/d_passwd                          /etc/termcap
 /etc/motd                              /etc/ttys
 /etc/gettydefs                         /etc/ttytype
 /etc/group                             /etc/wtmp

 users' home directories under /usr

 /usr/adm/hwconfig
 /usr/adm/messages
 /usr/adm/pacct
 /usr/lib/mail/aliases
 /usr/lib/mail/aliases.hash
 /usr/lib/mail/faliases
 /usr/lib/mail/maliases
 /usr/lib/mail/mailrc
 /usr/lib/mkuser/*
 /usr/lib/uucp/*
 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/*
 /usr/lib/X11/Mosaic/*
 /usr/lib/X11/scologin/Xservers
 /usr/lib/X11/system.mwmrc
 /usr/lib/X11/sys.startrc
 /usr/man/cat.LOCAL (local man pages)
 /usr/man/man.LOCAL (local man pages)
 /usr/mmdf/mmdftailor
 /usr/mmdf/table/*.dom (mmdf configuration)
 /usr/mmdf/table/*.chn (mmdf configuration)
 /usr/mmdf/table/alias* (mmdf configuration)
 /usr/spool/cron/crontabs (cron jobs)
 /usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces/* (printer scripts)
 /usr/spool/lp/pstatus
 /usr/spool/lp/qstatus
 /usr/spool/mail/*

 /var/opt/httpd/htdocs/*

 /.profile