Bhaskar, Thanks for your advice here. I look forward to the GT.M meeting in Boston. I plan to attend.
A quick DVD followup questions. When a drive is connected to the computer, it still has to be mounted, right? But how do I know what device to mount it as? Is it a HD, CDROM? SCSI disk? etc. Thanks Kevin --- "K. S. Bhaskar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin -- > > Samba is not my expertise, so I won't presume to > give you debugging > advice. I will say that I have been able to get > Samba and Windows > working quite well together to share files and > printers on multiple > occasions. When I have had problems using Linux as > a server, it is > usually because on the Linux side, I have not > created the users with > smbpasswd program (just because they exist in > /etc/passwd doesn't mean > that they exist for Samba - although I think there > is now an option to > propagate changes back and forth). You can also > webmin and swat to > manage Samba via a browser. > > Since Windows file attributes are not the same as > Linux, I only > recommend using Windows to backup your Linux files > by first creating a > tar archive on Linux and moving the tar archive to > Linux. By the way, > to move a single file from Linux to Windows, you > don't need Samba, just > use WinSCP3 on Windows. > > Getting a USB DVD burner to work on any contemporary > Linux should be > trivial. When I got it working, I just powered down > the PC, plugged in > the DVD-ROM drive (a Sony drive that Chris > Richardson put inside a box > that provided power and interface electronics), > powered up the DVD and > powered up the PC. K3b (my burning software) > recognized the DVD > immediately. That PC runs the Debian Sarge > installed via a Knoppix 3.6 > Linux live CD. What Linux distribution and release > are you running and > what kernel? If you connect a USB flash drive to > the PC, is it > recognized? [In theory, you need not power it down, > but just to > simplify debugging, I like to start from a cold > power up.] > > I recommend creating a tar archive for backup. > Remember to backup your > journal files too. > > I don't have much experience with tapes on > UNIX/Linux. > > We will cover backup options at the GT.M workshop in > Boston. There are > multiple choices. > > Regards > -- Bhaskar > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > on behalf of Kevin > Toppenberg > Sent: Sun 3/20/2005 5:36 PM > To: Hardhats Sourceforge > Cc: > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Linux question: > Setting up DVD for backup > I know this question is a bit off-topic for the > board. > If you all have a better place for me to ask, just > let me know. > > I need a reliable backup solution for my linux > server. > Here are methods I have explored, unsuccessfully > so > far. Let me first mention that our office also has > a > new Windows Server running our billing package. My > initial thoughts were to copy my linux data to the > Windows server, and then let their backup process > save > my data. > > 1. Install Services for Linux (SFU) put out by > Windows > onto our Windows server. I then created a NFS > share. > I can view the directory contents of the Windows > share > from my linux box, but for the life of me I can't > get > write permission. You have to run a Windows > namemapper to map linux users to Windows users, and > then give that user write permission. Sounds easy. > I > can't get it to work. The permission system on NTFS > is a bit complex to me. > > 2. Run a Samba server on my linux box. When I do > this, I can see the drive from a Windows laptop, and > I > might even be able to write to it (I can't > remember). > But when I try to find the file when browsing from > the > Windows Server, I can't find it. Not sure if I have > to join Windows "domain" to work. This descends > into > a murky realm for me of ActiveDirectories. Also, > I'm > not sure if my iptables is filtering out the samba > ports etc. > > 3. Run a Samba client on my linux box. I haven't > tried this, but again I worry that I would have to > discover how to join the Windows "domain" and be > validated. > > 4. Get scp to work on my Windows server, and scp the > needed data up. This would probably work, but I > would > need to use and 'expect' script to supply the > password > etc if it is going to be automated. This seems a > bit > klunky, and will probably be my last resort. > > 5. Install a DVD writer on my linux box. This is > what > I am currently trying to do. I successfully > installed > a new USB 2.0 IO card, and have now plugged the > drive > in. I'm lost as to what to do now. I have read > multiple web sites, and I'm overwhelmed. Right off > the bat the install demos talk about possible kernel > upgrades etc. It seems that cdrtools is one route > to > use. I would have to purchase a commercial license. > The money is not such an issue, but I would want to > be > sure it was going to work. > > 6. Purchase and install tape backup system for the > linux box. This may well be a great options, but I > have no experience with this. > > > If anyone has any helpful thoughts or pointers (esp > regarding option 5 above), I would be very grateful. > > Kevin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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