Re: data backup software for freebsd
Hello John, Tuesday, September 7, 2004, 1:39:23 AM, you wrote: JL hmm, are there any popular free data backup software JL for freebsd? JL i hope to backup my /etc and important files to another JL server via ftp. Try and google for g4u (ghost for unix). This is a NetBSD based boot floppy with a script that will let you back up to a FTP server. -- Best regards, evil0nemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: data backup software for freebsd
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Ralph M. Los wrote: From: Warren Block [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Ralph M. Los wrote: Sorry to throw this in - but does anyone have any experience with commercial, Win32-based backup software backing up Samba shares on FreeBSD? I have BackupExec running, on a tape library Win2k box, and I have my file-server a FreeBSD 5.2.1 machine running Samba 2.2.8a. I'm still learning BSD so please bear with my possibly stupid question... Why does the Win2k box always backup the full share, even though I have differential backup selected? [Note: other mailing lists removed from CC list.] One guess: you haven't configured Samba to map the Windows permission bits to Unix permission bits. So the backup can't use the archive bits to include only files that have changed. Warren - Yes! Ok, so how? [Format recovered--please don't top-post, as it makes replying difficult. It's also customary to include [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the CC list for threads that originated there, so followups make it into the archives.] These are settings in the smb.conf file. I don't recall the exact ones, but the Samba documentation has information on it. Check either samba.org or the local documentation, and SWAT probably has a convenient link to it. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: data backup software for freebsd
John Lee wrote: hmm, are there any popular free data backup software for freebsd? i hope to backup my /etc and important files to another server via ftp. --john. A few , tar, gzip and dump come to mind. man them all. Works great, less filling -- Best regards, Chris Inside every large program is a small program struggling to get out. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: data backup software for freebsd
Sorry to throw this in - but does anyone have any experience with commercial, Win32-based backup software backing up Samba shares on FreeBSD? I have BackupExec running, on a tape library Win2k box, and I have my file-server a FreeBSD 5.2.1 machine running Samba 2.2.8a. I'm still learning BSD so please bear with my possibly stupid question... Why does the Win2k box always backup the full share, even though I have differential backup selected? Ralph ::-Original Message- ::From: mailing lists at MacTutor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 7:37 PM ::To: John Lee ::Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Subject: Re: data backup software for freebsd :: :: ::John, :: ::By the nature of your questions I'll respond that it would not be ::unreasonable (nor uncommon) to do this: :: :: tar czf /usr/local/archives/etc.tar.gz -C / etc usr/local/etc :: ::where 'c' means create, 'z' means compress (using gzip), and ::'f' is the ::name of the archive file to write on. '-C' means change to this ::directory before performing the archive. 'etc usr/local/etc' are the ::directories that are to be included in the archive. :: ::I prefer to date my archives in the filename and do this (I also like ::long options): :: :: tar --create --verbose --gzip --directory=/ \ :: --file=/usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.tgz \ :: etc /usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.log :: :: tar --create --verbose --gzip --directory=/ \ :: ::--file=/usr/local/archives/usr.local.etc-2004.09.06-archive.tgz \ :: usr/local/etc \ :: /usr/local/archives/usr.local.etc-2004.09.06-archive.log :: ::I then diff the log files against the archives as a check. :: :: tar tzf /usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.tgz | \ :: diff -s - /usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.log :: ::U can use scp (or some ftp agent) to shoot the archives and logs to ::your ftp server as you wish. :: ::Also, consider doing the following: :: :: man tar :: man gzip :: man diff :: ::Happy Tarring, ::Alex :: :: ::On Sep 6, 2004, at 6:39 PM, John Lee wrote: :: :: hmm, are there any popular free data backup software :: for freebsd? :: :: i hope to backup my /etc and important files to another server via :: ftp. :: :: --john. :: ___ :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list :: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions :: To unsubscribe, send any mail to :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: :: :: ::- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :: Alexander Sendzimir (owner)802 863 5502 :: MacTutor: Apple Mac OS X Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: ::___ ::[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list ::http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/free::bsd-questions :: ::To unsubscribe, send any mail to ::[EMAIL PROTECTED] :: ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: data backup software for freebsd
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Ralph M. Los wrote: Sorry to throw this in - but does anyone have any experience with commercial, Win32-based backup software backing up Samba shares on FreeBSD? I have BackupExec running, on a tape library Win2k box, and I have my file-server a FreeBSD 5.2.1 machine running Samba 2.2.8a. I'm still learning BSD so please bear with my possibly stupid question... Why does the Win2k box always backup the full share, even though I have differential backup selected? [Note: other mailing lists removed from CC list.] One guess: you haven't configured Samba to map the Windows permission bits to Unix permission bits. So the backup can't use the archive bits to include only files that have changed. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
