On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 03:34:51 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 13:56:39 +0800, Jon Miller wrote: > >> I have a file that I want to run daily to backup data. > >>This tgz file then needs to be copied to a Windows 2003 server. > >>I'm using smbclient, but it does not seem to work thru the script. > >>Can someone point out where the problem lies. I run this as a > >>cron job as follows: > >> 30 19 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /root/rubybackup.sh > >> > >> The script is as follows: > >> #!/bin/sh > >> # script to automate the backup of the Ruby server to the W2K3 server > >> # > >> DAY=`date +'%a-%d-%m-%y'` > >> BACKUPDIR=/backup > >> RUBYLIVE=/var/lib/mysql/ > >> > >> cd $RUBYLIVE > >> tar -czvf /backup/rubylive${DAY}.tgz ./rubylive > >> > >> cd $BACKUPDIR > >> smbclient //server/backup tfc651800 -U administrator > >> put rubylive${DAY}.tgz > > > > The recommended procedure for smbclient in scripts is to use the -c > > option for the command string. In your case that would probably be > > something like > > > > smbclient //server/backup tfc651800 -U administrator -c "put > > rubylive${DAY}.tgz; exit" > > > > Is it really necessary to use the administrator account for pushing a > > backup file to the server? > > Windows has functional non-Administrator accounts?????? :\
Oops, my bad. Can we all pretend that it was a rhetorical question? -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]