/etc/ directory overwritten by mistake in Ubuntu

Asked Mar 01 '21 at 05:22

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I've a running (installed fresh) Ubuntu 16 server. By mistake I've overwritten /etc/ directory with old backup of earlier server. As of now all seems to be working fine, unless some server(Postfix, Apache2 etc) is restarted.

I've yesterday's backup. If I restore yesterday's /etc backup what side-affect will be there?

asked Mar 01 '21 at 05:22

user5858

You lose all your changes since yesterday? – Michael Hampton Mar 01 '21 at 05:44
@MichaelHampton So I lose only changes since yesterday only? Nothing else? – user5858 Mar 01 '21 at 05:46
Apache not starting – user5858 Mar 01 '21 at 05:55
Did you restore from your backup only, or did you mix your backup files from yesterday with files from a month ago (or whenever it was)? – Michael Hampton Mar 01 '21 at 06:20
I copied from yesterday only all files in /etc. But not worked – user5858 Mar 01 '21 at 09:06
@MichaelHampton it seems if we untar /etc/ from earlier day backup in live server then only Apache does not work. I reinstalled only Apache now it's working. I hope nothing else breaks down – user5858 Mar 02 '21 at 03:01

/etc/ directory overwritten by mistake in Ubuntu

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