Ahhh. My bad. Yes, now that I think about it this is a much bigger bear than I first thought...
Will look forward to any solutions that are forthcoming... Charles > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Freemyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:19 PM > To: Charles Marcus; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: re[2]: [Samba] Backup software > > Charles, > > I'm not a Samba expert, but I have been researching how best > to back up Samba shares, especially as it relates to ACLs. > > To use ACLs with Samba, I believe it is best to have a > Filesystem that supports ACLs. > > I only know of 2 that do: "ext2/ext3 with the ACL patch" and XFS. > > From what I understand, it is preferred to backup "ext2/ext3 > with the ACL patch" with star. > > And it is preferred to backup XFS with xfsdump. > > If you don't use a filesystem that understands ACLs, then > Samba maintains all the ACL info in a common file. > > You as the administrator are responsible for creating a > backup mechanism that captures the Samba ACL info. > > That is easy if you are happy with doing a full share > backup/restore, but if you want to be able to do individual > file saves/restores, then you have to have some way of > saving/restoring the ACL data on a file by file basis. > > === Backing up a Samba client > > This was the original need, but from what I understand > smbmount does not handle ACLs, so there is no way to get the > remote ACL info. and back it up. > > Greg > > > >> I think XFSdump does on XFS filesystems...but I could be wrong. > > >> Charles > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > >> > Behalf Of Greg Freemyer > >> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 2:20 PM > >> > To: ACEAlex; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > Subject: re: [Samba] Backup software > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > To the best of my knowledge their is not an OpenSource backup > >> > method that will backup the ACLs on the client. > >> > > >> > If your clients are using FAT, then you have no problems. > >> > > >> > If they are running NTFS on the clients, then you have ACLs > >> > to worry about, and you will have to decide if you need the > >> > ACLs backed up up or not. > >> > > >> > i.e. ACLs are the NTFS security info. > >> > > >> > Note: Samba ACLs can be backed up if you ensure you are > >> > running the right backup software like star or xfsdump. > >> > > >> > >> Hello > >> > > >> > >> Im planing on doing an open source software that handels > >> > backups. The > >> > >> purpose is to backup clients in an nt domain. I know > >> > that there are > >> > >> comercial software out there but i want to do it the > >> > right way "open > >> > >> source > >> > >> :)". Oki here is my plan > >> > > >> > >> 1. On every client i have a user that has read access to > >> > the whole system > >> > >> drive. That user and password is stored on the backup > >> > server aswell. > >> > >> 2. The user will use a web interface and from that > >> > request a backup of the > >> > >> system. > >> > >> 3. The backup server will store the request and later > >> > that night it will > >> > >> use > >> > >> samba to mount the client drive and make the backup. Im > >> > planing on using > >> > >> gzip or bzip on every file in the system so that you > >> > easily could recover > >> > >> files. The files will be stored on cheap ide harddrives. > >> > You will also be > >> > >> able to filter out files that you dont need to backup > >> > "word.exe, swapfile > >> > >> etc" > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Now i wounder if there are any other people out there > >> > that already has > >> > >> done > >> > >> it. Is it a great ide or not? > >> > > >> > >> /Alexander > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL > >> > and read the > >> > >> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Greg Freemyer >> > Internet Engineer >> > Deployment and Integration Specialist >> > The Norcross Group >> > www.NorcrossGroup.com >> > >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba