From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 10 20:57:12 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 6BA7D16A400 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:57:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apatewna@yahoo.gr) Received: from deliver.hol.gr (deliver.hol.gr [62.38.3.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFC2D13C467 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:57:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apatewna@yahoo.gr) Received: from auth-smtp.hol.gr (takeit02.mail.dc.hol.net [192.168.20.72]) by deliver.hol.gr (8.12.11/8.11.6) with ESMTP id l1AKv9iP017627 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256 bits) verified OK); Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:57:09 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.20] (ppp139-010.dsl.hol.gr [89.210.139.10]) by auth-smtp.hol.gr (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l1AKvAY7012866; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:57:10 +0200 Message-ID: <45CE31A6.9010008@yahoo.gr> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:57:10 +0200 From: Apatewna User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070104) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dino Vliet References: <64265.13098.qm@web51108.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <64265.13098.qm@web51108.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.7/2550/Sat Feb 10 22:25:52 2007 on takeit02.mail.dc.hol.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup solution X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: apatewna@yahoo.gr List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:57:12 -0000 O/H Dino Vliet έγραψε: > Hi peeps, > > I'm busy preparing my via c3 system to utilize it as a > backup file server. .......snip.... > > I will use the system then as a central node with > rsync to do daily backups of my main data that is > scattered around on different desktops on my lan. > Are those desktops using windows only? If yes then you could enable samba on your backup server and map network drives for everyone to use as backup. Don't forget to enable SWAT in /etc/inetd.conf, it will help a lot in configuration. -- RTFM and STFW before anything bad happens ----------------------------------------- Thanasis Rizoulis Electronic Computing Systems Engineer Larissa, Greece Linux User #358384 FreeBSD/PCBSD user