Whoa, quite a bit here... 1. Windows bites, do it our way or the highway. 2. Samba - Get yourself the book by John Terpstra - Samba 3 By Example - Practical Exercises to Successful Deployment. and/or Download my smb.conf tutorial file and have a go at joining that domain.... http://oswizards.com/samba-instruct.conf If you would like I can give you access to one of my Linux Admin courses online. You can study the Samba material to see if it clarifies things a little. Samba is a huge subject, especially if you are going to deploy with 500+ uses. I highly recommend the book.
I don't think that will solve your problems though, you need to backup the Linux server. 3. See number 2 above. 4. You can share your private key/identity with the client and you will not have to supply a password when you execute your command. You could do this with linux boxes easy, windows would be a hassle. In Linux I could issue the command, scp -r /var/data/* [EMAIL PROTECTED]:mydata/ 5. Oh yeah... you could install a DVD writer, CDR or an additional HDD or both. Here are a couple tools for you. Mondo Resuce http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/about/about.html I use another command line program from a cron job called rdiff-backup - http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/ It can take a snapshot of your filesystem whenever you tell it to, it also keeps diffs on all files that have been changed since the last backup. You can actually restore a file from a specific date and time. I snapshot at 3:10am onto a spare drive in the machine, I also snapshot my databases every hour. You can use Mondo to create an entire system backup onto CD, HDD, NFS or DVD - http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14admin/linux-server/mondorescue/dvd_mondo.html Keep yourself clear of Windows and your choices will be plentiful and your difficulty will be diminished. Setup another Linux Samba Server for the Windows clients/users to store their data on, then back that one up with the tools above. Have Fun!!!... and test your backups regularly to make sure you are indeed backing up your data. On Sunday 20 March 2005 14:36, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > I know this question is a bit off-topic for the board. > If you all have a better place for me to ask, just > let me know. > > I need a reliable backup solution for my linux server. > Here are methods I have explored, unsuccessfully so > far. Let me first mention that our office also has a > new Windows Server running our billing package. My > initial thoughts were to copy my linux data to the > Windows server, and then let their backup process save > my data. > > 1. Install Services for Linux (SFU) put out by Windows > onto our Windows server. I then created a NFS share. > I can view the directory contents of the Windows share > from my linux box, but for the life of me I can't get > write permission. You have to run a Windows > namemapper to map linux users to Windows users, and > then give that user write permission. Sounds easy. I > can't get it to work. The permission system on NTFS > is a bit complex to me. > > 2. Run a Samba server on my linux box. When I do > this, I can see the drive from a Windows laptop, and I > might even be able to write to it (I can't remember). > But when I try to find the file when browsing from the > Windows Server, I can't find it. Not sure if I have > to join Windows "domain" to work. This descends into > a murky realm for me of ActiveDirectories. Also, I'm > not sure if my iptables is filtering out the samba > ports etc. > > 3. Run a Samba client on my linux box. I haven't > tried this, but again I worry that I would have to > discover how to join the Windows "domain" and be > validated. > > 4. Get scp to work on my Windows server, and scp the > needed data up. This would probably work, but I would > need to use and 'expect' script to supply the password > etc if it is going to be automated. This seems a bit > klunky, and will probably be my last resort. > > 5. Install a DVD writer on my linux box. This is what > I am currently trying to do. I successfully installed > a new USB 2.0 IO card, and have now plugged the drive > in. I'm lost as to what to do now. I have read > multiple web sites, and I'm overwhelmed. Right off > the bat the install demos talk about possible kernel > upgrades etc. It seems that cdrtools is one route to > use. I would have to purchase a commercial license. > The money is not such an issue, but I would want to be > sure it was going to work. > > 6. Purchase and install tape backup system for the > linux box. This may well be a great options, but I > have no experience with this. > > > If anyone has any helpful thoughts or pointers (esp > regarding option 5 above), I would be very grateful. -- Mark Street, RHCE http://www.oswizards.com -- Key fingerprint = 3949 39E4 6317 7C3C 023E 2B1F 6FB3 06E7 D109 56C0 GPG key http://www.oswizards.com/pubkey.asc ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
