From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 27 10:28: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [195.39.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1776E37B41B for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:27:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id fBRIRsf25979; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:27:55 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2001122719262213:3441 ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:26:22 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBRIad704217; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:36:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:36:38 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: FreeBSD List Subject: Re: General question about Samba Message-ID: <20011227193638.I476@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Cliff Sarginson , FreeBSD List References: <20011227083446.GA19094@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20011227083446.GA19094@raggedclown.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 12/27/2001 07:26:22 PM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 12/27/2001 07:26:29 PM, Serialize complete at 12/27/2001 07:26:29 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:34:46 +0100 > From: Cliff Sarginson > To: FreeBSD List > Subject: General question about Samba > > Hello, > I want to set up a new box here to act as a print server > and an online backup system for some networked Windows > machines. I have never used Samba before but am I right > in presuming this is the best (only) solution for this. Yes AFAIK. > Secondly, slightly more complicated question. > I want to use it to backup a small amount of data, but > on a regular basis from a remote Windows machine. > There are two options - via the Internet (cheapest, > since the box is in another city) or I could set up > a modem for the windows box to dial into and transfer > it that way. That doesn't have to do anything with samba, as that's just a means to share folders(tm) on a unix host. But if the regular backup is the only thing you want it to do, you're better off with scp + at (NT assumed), or a bit of winscript... whatever. Ah, ok, printserver... Once you have samba enabled, you can have the scheduled command get the files from the share as well. But I'd be cautious opening the box to the whole world... You don't have a VPN, do you? If the box that should fetch the backups is in another city, just get the files with scp. -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 7:30PM up 1 day, 6:08, 6 users, load averages: 0.07, 0.03, 0.01 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message