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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Backup and restore using tar Post 302759027 by hicksd8 on Monday 21st of January 2013 08:24:51 AM
Old 01-21-2013
In a recovery situation you will need /dev backed-up.

Again, you wouldn't restore /dev on a running system.
 

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sock2path(4)							   File Formats 						      sock2path(4)

NAME
sock2path - file that maps sockets to transport providers SYNOPSIS
/etc/sock2path DESCRIPTION
The socket mapping file, /etc/sock2path, is a system file that contains the mappings between the socket(3SOCKET) call parameters and the transport provider driver. Its format is described on the soconfig(1M) manual page. The init(1M) utility uses the soconfig utility with the sock2path file during the booting sequence. EXAMPLES
Example 1: A Sample sock2path File The following is a sample sock2path file: # Family Type Protocol Path 2 2 0 /dev/tcp 2 2 6 /dev/tcp 26 2 0 /dev/tcp6 26 2 6 /dev/tcp6 2 1 0 /dev/udp 2 1 17 /dev/udp 26 1 0 /dev/udp6 26 1 17 /dev/udp6 1 2 0 /dev/ticotsord 1 6 0 /dev/ticotsord 1 1 0 /dev/ticlts 2 4 0 /dev/rawip 26 4 0 /dev/rawip6 24 4 0 /dev/rts 27 4 2 /dev/keysock SEE ALSO
soconfig(1M), socket(3SOCKET) Network Interfaces Programmer's Guide SunOS 5.10 10 Nov 1999 sock2path(4)
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