I have recently installed and configured backuppc in a mixed
Linux/Windows server environment. I love it. After looking at a few
different commercial products I went back to open source. When will I
learn to look there first! I just wanted to add some additional insights
for the Windows environment.
From the documentation:
"Otherwise, to use SMB, you need to create shares for the data you want
to backup. Open ``My Computer'', right click on the drive (eg: C), and
select ``Sharing...'' (or select ``Properties'' and select the
``Sharing'' tab). In this dialog box you can enable sharing, select the
share name and permissions. Many machines will be configured by default
to share the entire C drive as C$ using the administrator password."
My comments:
All Windows NT based OS (NT, 2000, XP Pro), are "configured by default
to share the entire C drive as C$". This is a special share used for
various admin. functions, one of which is to grant access to backup
operators. All you need to do is create a new domain user, specifically
for backup. Then add the new backup user to the built in "Backup
Operators" group. You now have backup capability for any directory on
any computer in the domain in one easy step. This avoids using
administrator accounts and only grants permission to do exactly what you
want for the given user ..i.e..backup.
Also, for additional security, you may wish to deny the ability for this
user to logon to computers in the default domain policy.
Thanks for the great software.
--
Stephen Weyland
Systems Administrator
Mercury Blue
8398-1210
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