Dave, Bacula is an option for backing up files and i think a very good one.
But there is more to it than that. I use my server as a printserver. And just because I work at work with MS Office, I have that installed too at home. Just because I have to work on them at home and at work, i use the same program. And because Windows uses the CIFS protocol it is logical too use it for printing. And because i want to make a backup - i mount a share and copy files... This is done under a standard user account. And when i get a new linux or OS version ... i try it out on a different machine. With debian the upgrade to lenny did not go as planned. I had to do a reinstall - on the test machine And because i'm not want to do things for nothing, i want to copy my configuration files ed to my testing machine. I can use Unix File Sharing, but much simpeler is to use the CIFS/SMB server and copy the files by cifs from the server to the testing machine. For this it is very handy to copy files by example /etc/samba/smb.conf to /etc/samba/smb.conf on the test server. Only i need root-rights to do this and i cant browse with nautulus the Windows network. I know i can install smbfs and mount the share on a mountingpoint And then cp the files to the share. And from the other side from the share to the directory. But because i want it to do easy, i want to do it with 3 or so mouseclicks. (Open an Explorer like program 2 times, go to the good directorys and cp files from one to the other.) On debian 4.0 this was no problem. And i m looking to do it the easy way. Thx ----- Original Message ----- From: "E.D. Grootjans" <edgrootj...@versatel.nl> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:04 PM Subject: browse with root-rights > Hallo, > > If have a problem with browsing the Windows network under samba. > Under my previous version of smaba (3.0.24) browsing worked. > > I will browse the Windows network with nautilus with root rights, > because i can plece files where i want them. > For this i use the command : > > gksu -u root "nautilus --no-desktop --browser /root" > > This starts nautilus with user root. > If i click on Network --- i get a screen with the Windows Network Icon > If i click on this icon --- i hear some thing and my arrow returns; the > Windows icon stays on the screen. > > > As a normal user i can browse, but i have than to use the home-dir of > the user to copy the files to. And with root i have to copy them in > place. > Under 3.0.24 i could do this, but now under 3.2.5 it does not work > > More info: > If i give the command from a terminal. > I get the following message to the terminalscreen: > Could not get main dbus connection: Did not receive a reply, Possible > cause include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message > bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timed out or the > network connection was broken. > > > > Please help > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org