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Added warning about mail timing.
*At 55 minutes past the hour rsync should synchronize the /etc/ directory of vm01 to the /backup/vm01/etc/ directory on f17. If this time has passed and you don't want to wait an hour for the next time rsync runs, just edit root's cron table on f17 and enter another time for the backup to take place.
*You should convince yourself that /etc/ is being backed up by adding some file (say 'touch /etc/junk' on vm01) to /etc and then see if it was indeed copied to f17.
*After the cron job runs, root on f17 should have received an email containing the output of the cron job. Verify this by using the mail command to check root's mail on f17. Note that that mail may take a minute to show up.
*Finally, edit root's cron table on f17 and add another record to backup the /home directory of vm01 to /backup/vm01/home on f17 once each week at 2am on Saturday.
