System-Backup...

[schmidtedv]

would this be ok to make a Backup from the system?

cd /
tar -czplf backup.tar.gz --atime-preserve *
mkisofs -o backup.iso backup.tar.gz

Or are messages like this:

tar: Socket var/lib/named/dev/log ignoriert
tar: Socket var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock ignoriert
tar: Socket var/run/courier/authdaemon/socket ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/bounce ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/defer ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/trace ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/verify ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/proxymap ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/smtp ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/relay ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/error ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/local ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/virtual ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/anvil ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/maildrop ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/uucp ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/private/scalemail-backend ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/public/flush ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/public/showq ignoriert
tar: Socket var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux ignoriert
tar: Fehler beim Beenden, verursacht durch vorhergehende Fehler.

teeling me, this backup isn't complete?

[falko]

These are just sockets, no regular files. That's normal, don't worry about it.
BTW, did you have a look at the "Backup" tutorials on HowtoForge? http://www.howtoforge.com/taxonomy_menu/1/34
Might be interesting for you.

[schmidtedv]

as a matter of fact I was looking for something like this :-) tar will not get /usr and /var...