I agree. I've downloaded, had a look, and think this should work fine on SME. I'll give it a try over the next few days and get back to the list.
Noah Genner [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.genner.on.ca/noahville > -----Original Message----- > From: Hsing-Foo Wang [mailto:hsing-foo.wang@;star-support.com] > Sent: November 3, 2002 3:15 AM > To: 'Les Mikesell'; 'e-smith-devinfo' > Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] BackupPC (a real development question) > > Now that looks like a interesting addition! > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell@;attbi.com] > > Verzonden: zondag 3 november 2002 1:07 > > Aan: e-smith-devinfo > > Onderwerp: [e-smith-devinfo] BackupPC (a real development question) > > > > > > Has anyone tried the BackupPC program > > (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/) under SME? > > I've been running it on RedHat but don't see anything > > that should make it difficult under SME (although a > > generic http user authentication mechanism would help) > > and it seems like a natural for many places where SME > > would be used. > > > > If you haven't seen it, it does backups of Windows or > > unix boxes over the network onto the server's disk and > > saves space by compression and identifying duplicate > > files and keeping only one copy. It uses windows file > > sharing for windows clients and thus needs no client side > > software (but won't do a bare-metal restore either). It > > provides a web interface so a user can browse through > > (only) their own backups and either restore back to the > > share or grab individual files, zip or tar archives through > > the browser. Incremental runs are merged with the previous > > full in this view so you can select any file based on the > > time of the run. You can also do backups on demand through > > the web interface which is nice for intermittently connected > > laptops and it can send annoying email if you haven't backed > > up in some specified interval. > > > > --- > > Les Mikesell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security > > issues Support for registered customers and partners to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at > http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e- > smith.org -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
