On Feb 17, 2008 8:42 AM, Mirco Piccin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> > Creating the archive locally on the server (using BackupPC_tarCreate
> > or BackupPC_zipCreate) and then transferring it to the Windows machine
> > is not an option?
>
> Yes, it is an option.
> But I'm thinking to an option that not require the console .
> Not all the BackupPC user are *nix "expert".
That seems to be the root of your problem. You certainly do need to be a
wizard at shell scripting to run BackupPC, but being unable/unwilling to use
the CLI on your server won't work.
>
>
> I'm thinking for example to a procedure (that a user can call with a
> button on the CGI interface) that create the zip and make it available
> in a http (not backuppc) folder :
There's no way for that to work. Most installations have BackupPC run as
user backuppc, sometimes of group backuppc, and sometimes as group www-data,
or whatever the apache group is. User backuppc will not have rights to
"write" in any apache controlled directory, save its own. That would require
at least some operations being performed as root, which will require human
intervention, or a script created for that purpose.
>
> maybe restore the file in a BackupPC localhost folder Samba shared or
> http accessible - but here there will be problems about temporary user
> access.
You also would have the same problem here. BackupPC alone cannot do this, as
user backuppc cannot write to your samba shared directory. Again, a script
from you or direct human interaction with the CLI would have to happen.
>
> I'd like to solve that problem without add user host in BackupPC and
> without use console.
> Is it possible?
Very dubious. The simplest solution has already been posted Nils Breunese
from the very beginning of this thread. Use BackupPC_zipCreate or
BackupPC_tarCreate, and then move that file into the samba share directory
or a apache directory yourself.
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