From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 11 16:46:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FE2316A402 for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 16:46:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2110D13C46A for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 16:46:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l4BGkWM9070032; Fri, 11 May 2007 09:46:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Bill Moran" , "L Goodwin" Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:47:27 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20070509211706.9c9622a8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Fri, 11 May 2007 09:46:34 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Backing up Samba share to USB jump drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 16:46:35 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Bill Moran > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:17 PM > To: L Goodwin > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Backing up Samba share to USB jump drive? > > > L Goodwin 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. Use the tar program on the UNIX system to save your files then copy them over, this will preserve permissions, etc. Ted