thank you...where do I put" my local dns entries"?
-John
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Les Mikesell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/29/2010 1:48 PM, John Hudak wrote:
> >
> > First: backuppc wiki
> > :
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Tips_and_Tricks
> >
> > I don't use it anymore but this is what i remember:
> > The user you fill in in the config.pl <http://config.pl> e.g. user:
> > backupuser passw: password
> > You add that user to every PC to the administrator group (and backup
> > operators?)
> >
> > Assume I have 3 xp machines, each machine has one user, with admin
> > privilidges, and a password. Are you saying that in my config.pl
> > <http://config.pl>, I need to add, for every machine I want to back up,
> > the user name and password?
>
> You can do that in the web interface in the 'edit config' link for each
> host.
>
> > What do I do if the machine I want to back up, has only one user with no
> > password but admin privlidges?
>
> Your other option - and probably what most people do - is to add a
> backup user on each machine (if they aren't in a domain who is in the
> administrator and backup user groups so the login/password stays the same.
>
> > When your clients are statically mapped, use that as client name.
> >
> > .....use *that* as client name".....What is *that* referring to? the
> > clients IP address (xx.xx.xx.xx)? The client PCs 'name'?
>
> The cleanest way to do this is to have local dns with entries for each
> name. That way normal (not just windows/netbios) network connections
> will work with the names. Next best for a small set is to put them in
> the hosts files.
>
> > backuppc and smb just have to do with how you access the clients. It
> has
> > nothing to do with DC's etc. You only need the package installed to
> have
> > the smbclient program +-
> >
> > So you are saying that I do not need to configure SMB as a domain
> > controller...?
>
> No, if you have local passwords on each machine you don't need any
> domain controller.
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> [email protected]
>
>
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