> > > Is there an improved BackupExec Unix agent available that works with > Samba? If not, can someone tell me how to work around the lack of the > archive bit that Linux has? In particular, RedHat Linux 7.2 is the > system I'm looking for help on.
The Backup exec agent works great, this is not a samba issue per se. There is no archive bit in traditional unix / linux. > > I found the following hints in an older version of this newsletter, > Samba Digest, Vol. 3, Issue 34, sent March 21, 2003, that had this in > it: > > Yes, we have been using the Linux agent for some time now on 3 of our > Samba servers with BackupExec 8.5 on NT. It works well, once you figure > out how to adjust the backup scheme to take into account the lack of an > archive bit, which limits the types of backups that can be done. > > This was submitted by Shawn Wright. Andrew Barbara immediately posted a > question about how Shawn had solved his problem, but I have found no > reply since then. If these people or anyone else has solved the same > problem, please respond. > > Thanks, > Kevin Bramblett > > -- The way I deal with this is full backups, or using tar and backing up the tar file. -- *--* Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *--* Voice: 425.739.4247 *--* Fax: 425.827.9577 *--* HTTP://the-penguin.otak.com/~lawrence -------------------------------------- - - - - - - O t a k i n c . - - - - - -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
