use Env qw(HOME);
+# make sure we are running as root. otherwise we have no access to look at many things in /etc.
+if ($< != 0) {
+ printf "This script must be run as root or sudo. Try this:\n";
+ printf " sudo -E PERLLIB=\$PERLLIB perl \$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/archival/snarf_linux_config.pl @ARGV\n";
+ exit 1;
+}
+
&initialize_snarfer;
# get the number we use and increment it for the next use.
&backup_files($snarf_file_base, $number, "/", "var/lib/dpkg", ("status*"));
# backup the crucial hierarchies in /var...
-&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, "/", "var/named");
+#gone: &backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, "/", "var/named");
+#gone: &backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, "/", "var/lib/named/master");
+
###not good: &backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, "/", "var/lib/mysql");
###the mysql snarf is not necessarily usable, since we really should be
###backing up the databases by another means than this.
-&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, "/", "var/lib/named/master");
+
&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, "/", "var/lib/webalizer");
# snag the grub bootloader files.
# clean out extra files.
&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/cups/ppds.dat*");
&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/ca-bundle.crt");
-&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/locale/*");
+&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/locale");
+&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/alternatives");
&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/opt/kde3/share/services/ksycoca");
-&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/preload.d/*");
+&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/preload.d");
&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/rmt");
&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/termcap");
&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/X11/X");
-&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/X11/xkb/*");
+&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "etc/X11/xkb");
&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "*.bak");
&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "*.cache");
&remove_from_backup($snarf_file_base, $number, "*.crt");