These files should be backed up and restored upon a system reinstall.

/etc/rc.local

/etc/rc.conf

/etc/fstab

/etc/sysctl.conf

/etc/crontab

/etc/syslog.conf

/etc/newsyslog.conf

/etc/exports

/etc/motd

/etc/hosts.allow

/etc/ttys

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

/etc/inetd.conf

/etc/amd.map

touch /var/log/auth.log

chmod log files to let apache read em

cd /var/log

chmod go+r auth.log ppp.log

chmod 640 /etc/crontab

modify /etc/sh/sshd

protocol=2

MaxStartups=3:50:6