Thanks to this list, I have amanda up and running backing up several solaris and linux systems. I'd like to expand that to include a few windows boxes. I'm a unix guy with no real windows admin background.
I didn't see this mentioned in the amanda section in the O'Reilly book or covered in the faq-o-matic. I do have samba installed and set up ok I think (don't have much experience with samba yet). I am assuming I have to share the directories from the windows boxes that I want to backup, which would imply turning on file and print sharing, right? I always heard this was a big security hole. Is there a secure way to do this? My tape server is off site and i'm waiting on someone to switch tapes for me now. Then I will test out what I have set up for now. amcheck seems to think all is well. I have /etc/amandapass entries for the shares //windowsbox/C$. Can I use the C$ share for the entire drive/partition? Any hints from someone backing up windows systems would be most appreciated. Some of the windows boxes I'm trying to backup have public IPs so I would like to have as much security as possible. Thanks, Gene -- Gene Matthews Matthews Midrange Consulting, Inc. (678) 923-8327 (877) 882-6291 (toll free) http://mmc-inc.com
