[Linux] Backup software

[Michael Marschall]

--- Javier Lombillo <javier@asymptotic.org> wrote:

> >> Not Windows-friendly.
> 
> >Sure it is. Use smbclient or smbmount for windows volumes.
> 
> Requiring users to place their data on world-readable shares isn't an option.

I never said anything about world-readable shares. I think you are mixing
emails or simply making the wrong assumption.

> 
> 
> > What about requiring the Windows users to have files that they want to
> > be backed up be placed on a samba share and just back that up?  You
> > could also have their My Documents directory point to a mapped drive.
> 
> The Samba share idea is good, but it adds a burden on the users I'd
> like to spare them (backups should be passive as far as they're
> concerned).  The mapped network drive idea sounds interesting.
> Assuming that anything they'd want to backup is in My Documents (which
> is probably not a good assumption), what happens to laptop users when
> they leave the network?  What happens to files that are currently in
> My Documents once it gets mapped?

What I briefly wrote is completely feasible, without user intervention and with
strong security. I know because I have done it at many companies. 

Mike 



 
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