what is your backup medium? if you use tape, tar has some parameters for incremental backup. if you want to backup to another server, then rsync is your best bet.
i use /usr/bin/rsync --delete -u -v -e ssh -r -o -g -t -S source_server:/source_dir /target_dir this makes an exact copy of the source server, including deletions (delete it on the source, and it will also get deleted on the target). it also uses ssh trusted key authentication to establish the connection. you can check the rsync man pages to see what the options do. more info on the passwordless ssh connection here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/SECURITY_SSH_without_a_password good luck. /franz -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba