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Re: Lost /var/backups

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Am 04.08.2016 um 22:57 schrieb Sven Joachim:
> On 2016-08-04 20:45 +0200, Tilo Werner wrote:
> 
>> accidentally I lost all files under /var/backups. It was a mistake while
>> I was configuring the backup procedure o_O So I got no backup.
>>
>> Does anybody know how they were created?
> 
> Most of them are created by cron jobs (look in /etc/cron.daily), apt in
> testing and unstable has switched to a systemd service
> (/usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily).
> 
>> On an other system, when I install packages or add users the files where
>> altered. On this system nothing happens. Maybe I'm missing some packages
>> and there had been no files at all.
> 
> Do you have cron installed on that system?

Yes cron is installed, but was disabled due to my test. Thanks!

> 
> Cheers,
>        Sven
> 

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Lost /var/backups Tilo Werner <tilo@moosbee.de> - 2016-08-04 21:00 +0200
  Re: Lost /var/backups Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2016-08-04 23:00 +0200
    Re: Lost /var/backups Tilo Werner <tilo@moosbee.de> - 2016-08-08 19:10 +0200

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