Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:36:38 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: General question about Samba Message-ID: <20011227193638.I476@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20011227083446.GA19094@raggedclown.net> References: <20011227083446.GA19094@raggedclown.net>
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> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:34:46 +0100
> From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
> To: FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> 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.
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