[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it possible to stop a user from manually taking a full and/or > incremental backup? I have tried setting $Conf{MaxUserBackups} = 0; > but this does not achieve the goal. > > Why do this? I have a network in which all user home directories > are stored on a dedicated file-server and therefore not stored > locally on each PC. The backups of the file-server are conducted > using the schedule facility of BackupPC. This setup is working > well. To make it simpler for each user it will be preferred if they > were able to conduct only restores. > > I am not a "coder" and anything beyond "commenting out" may be > beyond my ability. However, if anyone has any simple suggestions I > am willing to test them.
See the $Conf{MaxUserBackups} setting: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#item__conf_maxuserbackups_ Nils Breunese. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/