Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-auto-snapshot 0.11 work (was Re: zfs-auto-snapshot with at schedul

2008-08-01 Thread Darren J Moffat
Tim Foster wrote: can roles run cron jobs ?), No. You need a user who can take on the role. Darn, back to the drawing board. I don't have all the context on this but Solaris RBAC roles *can* run cron jobs. Roles don't have to have users assigned to them. Roles normally have passwords and

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-auto-snapshot 0.11 work (was Re: zfs-auto-snapshot with at schedul

2008-07-31 Thread Nils Goroll
Hi Tim, Finally getting around to answering Nil's mail properly - only a month late! Not a problem. Okay, after careful consideration, I don't think I'm going to add this that's fine for me, but ... but in cases where you're powering down a laptop overnight, you don't want to just take a

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-auto-snapshot 0.11 work (was Re: zfs-auto-snapshot with at schedul

2008-07-31 Thread Tim Foster
Hey Nils, Nils Goroll wrote: but in cases where you're powering down a laptop overnight, you don't want to just take a load of snapshots after you power on for every missed cron job, you just want one This is precisely what the at solution is doing: As there is only one at job for each zfs