[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Right... so lets start here: > > I (we) have several options to run backups. Of these options, it seems samba > is very popular for windows hosts. And indeed, this is very flexible and > easy to use. Is there any advantage to using cifs over samba where cifs is > used like nfs. Simply mount the windows share as a cifs file system then do > "local" backups with tar. Any ideas here? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > FYI, CIFS is replacing 'smbfs', so even if you use samba, you are going to be using CIFS under the covers. This has hurt me due to win98 clients - for the first time, Linux is less inreroperable than certain proprietary operating systems...note that this is kernel-related, as I have it on good authority that while SMBFS consists of 70% or so user-space code, CIFS is 90% or more kernel-based.
I personally have /etc/fstab set up for such file systems, including both 'noauto' and various CIFS-specific parameters (including the credentials file) rather than trying to make it happen using smbclient or smbmount command-line parameters. Then I mount/unmount using shell scripts. This is most useful on laptops, however, where I may not be at home or where the network is not set up - having a box that tries to mount those file systems on every boot can get annoying. /bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
