On 14/01/16 07:11, Andreas Piening wrote: > I wonder what the easiest / best way is to create a „read everywhere“ user on > ms windows to create backups with via CIFS / SMBFS. > > Ideally I would like to run a short .cmd script or do a couple of clicks to > give a local windows user (let’s assume ‚backuppc‘) full read access to > everything under c:\Users. Even better with write access to be able to > restore in place. > I know that I can enable inheritance for permissions in c:\Users and > overwrite all permissions on subfolders with the current one. But this would > also enable read for everyone for every user on other users profiles which I > don’t like. And even this does not work everywhere, even not with an > administrative account. I need to take ownership recursively in order to do > that and I don’t want to own other users files. > > Is there a better way?
Isn't there a specific "Backup Operator" account on windows which has "super" permissions for exactly this reason? I'm not sure if that account will work over samba though? Regards, Adam -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
