[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.

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