Does anyone know if a Linux server can identify windows users connected to
the server through a Samba share, where Samba has not been configured as a
domain controller (i.e. samba is resolving user accounts with smbpasswd
only). Are the windows users always synced with a UNIX user?
I am writing
Hi James;
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 1:11 AM, James Dugger james.dug...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone know if a Linux server can identify windows users connected to
the server through a Samba share, where Samba has not been configured as a
domain controller (i.e. samba is resolving user accounts
Just out of curiosity...
Is there a specific use case you are using to explain why you are
reinventing the wheel?
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html
It would help to know exactly what you are trying to achieve that BackupPC
can't handle so we can find you a better solution.
Hi Kevin:
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Kevin Fries ke...@fries-biro.com wrote:
Just out of curiosity...
Is there a specific use case you are using to explain why you are
reinventing the wheel?
Much of our discussion with scripting and systems use is like Hello World.
you could use smbstatus and grep out the users.
Sean
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 1:11 AM, James Dugger james.dug...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone know if a Linux server can identify windows users connected to
the server through a Samba share, where Samba has not been configured as a
domain
On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 08:49 -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
Hi Kevin:
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Kevin Fries ke...@fries-biro.com
wrote:
Just out of curiosity...
Is there a specific use case you are using to explain why you
are reinventing the wheel?
Much of our
Lisa, Thanks for the code snippets and the direction.
Kevin,
I anticipated that I might get this response and I appreciate the
recommendations. I will look into backupPC. There are some pretty narrow
constraints that I am working with that have lead me to this direction.
1. This project is
Hey James,
I don't envy you on this one, but I think you're on a good track.
Regarding the original question of how to tell if a particular PC is
connected or not, can the router's DHCP server be configured to give out
a fixed/static IP address according to the client's MAC address? Some
5 people? Forget all this MAC nonsense, just write a script that tries
to connect to the SMB name twice a day (mid morn and mid afternoon)
and then mounts and backs up if it can. If it succeeds in the AM, skip
the PM one for a given PC.
If they can actually be trusted/convinced to do it, you can
