system adm using cvs

[der.hans]

Am 07. Jul, 2006 schwätzte David so:

> Has anyone administered a system using cvs?  i.e. all config files are 
> checked into cvs and re-checked in when a changes is made.  Config files 
> being, for example, /etc/hosts, httpd.conf, sendmail.cf, etc.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts pro/con to this?  The google, she overwhelms me.

I use RCS on my config files. Similar to using CVS or SVN, except it's
inline as I create RCS directories where the files are and the versioning
file goes into the RCS dir.

Also, maybe consider SVN rather than CVS.

You will likely need a script that audits /etc/ looking for changes that
haven't been checked in.

ciao,

der.hans
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