[aklug] Re: git and etc

Two possible methods for going back to a commit:
Create New Branch:

$ git branch NewBranch 01e50d0d4b973237fa06dbff38ec0c8bd860b63e
$ git checkout NewBranch

Force a reset to specified commit:

$ git reset --hard 01e50d0d4b973237fa06dbff38ec0c8bd860b63e

Be sure to lock down the .git directory in /etc. If someone has read access
to that directory, they are able to read your entire /etc directory by
cloning it. I vaguely remember reading that the Git maintainers recommend
against using Git to manage /etc or other configuration directories. It was
not designed for security, but for integrity, so there may be some glaring
security holes that have not surfaced for this particular use of Git.

However with that said, I used it to maintain the named, sendmail, lighttpd,
and misc other configrations in sync across multiple systems.

--David

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv> wrote:

> I just setup git to manage /etc. I should have asked if this was a good
> idea
> before installing it. Followed some instructions online. I would give a
> link
> but part of the instructions are bad. Had to do some thinking on my part.
> Anyway, here's what I've got.
>
> 1. Ubuntu 10.04 server - Web Server
> 2. git watching /etc
> 3. apt configured to update git
>
> I know there are other methods for managing /etc. However, I only have one
> server and those other methods require one to learn a new config language.
> I
> want something simple. I still need to learn how git works. At the moment I
> haven't figured out how to go back a revision. I need to RTFM.
>
> Questions:
> Is this idea good or bad?
> Is there a better tool for this?
>
>
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Received on Mon Oct 18 12:01:50 2010