Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 18:24:19 -0700 (PDT) From: L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up Samba share to USB jump drive? Message-ID: <348656.25094.qm@web58108.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20070509211706.9c9622a8.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Thanks, Bill! --- Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Here's another round of dumb questions for ya: > > > > Can USB jump drives be used to back-up a Samba > share? > > If so, what do I need to do to prepare the USB > drive > > to accept files? > > Since I don't really need to compress or encrypt, > I > > was thinking about simply copying the entire > directory > > tree using the cp command, instead of using dump, > tar, > > cpio. > > Will this work, and is it a "good idea"? > > Sure. > > > The filesystem to be backed up is a single common > UFS > > shared via Samba. All PC users have access to the > same > > set of files (no user-specific directories). The > files > > to be backed up are Word, Excel, PDF, etc. > > Every jump drive I've seen comes pre-formatted as > FAT-32. The only > problem with this is you'll lose POSIX file > permissions when you copy > the files. If you're not using the file > permissions, then it isn't > a problem. > > > I don't want to buy the drives until I know if it > will > > work and how to do it. Do I need to UFS format the > > drives? I assume the drive will have to be mounted > > like any other drive... > > It's your choice. You can leave the drive formatted > FAT-32 for compat > with other OSen, or you can newfs it to a ufs > filesystem to maintain > unix-style file permissions. > > In my experience, jump drives behave just like any > other drive. > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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