At 12:42 PM -0700 8/9/00, Doug Clements wrote:
>Yes, you could share out /. Make sure you don't backup the /dev
>directory, though. You then also run into potential security
>problems with sharing the entire disk. Restoring this way would also
>lose permissions and ownership, making it (unfortunately) useless
>for unix :/
Agreed on all counts.
>What don't you like about my way of creating a tar file on a mounted
>NT share? It seems to work rather well, and makes for an easy
>recovery.
I recognize that it'll work great, I just prefer not to have to do
the restore as a three-step process, (restore file, copy file, un-tar
file), whereas having a linux client would be spiffier.. :)
>I'll second a linux client, but don't forget the other unixes! We
>use OpenBSD here, and a backup solution that worked natively with
>Retrospect would be nice. Also, don't fall into the trap where
>RedHat = linux. RPMs aren't everyone's friends :)
Not at all. I can't remember the last time I used an RPM. ;-) I
think Linux would be a good first step though, making it easier to
head towards the BSD's etc.
>Maybe Dantz could release the specs for the client, and let someone
>else code it.. Just thoughts..
Indeed. I suspect there's some OSS coders out there who'd love to
jump in and tinker with that. :)
D
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