Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-13 Thread Les Mikesell
Rob Shepherd wrote: > > Tried to provide a group-wide svn structure to handle collab work and > remove all the probs with group-shares. Seems unfeasable without copious > training for users. If the work involves multiple users, it is even more infeasible without it. > Would be nice. The more t

Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-13 Thread Rob Shepherd
>> Does the rsync perl module do some translation magic or somesuch? > > Yes, it does some serious magic to uncompress on the fly while chatting > with a stock rsync at the other end. Craig must be an insane > programming genius to have tackled a project like that in perl and > succeeded. wow, m

Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-13 Thread Les Mikesell
Rob Shepherd wrote: >> The backups are not stored in a format suitable for direct access even >> if suitable network shares and permissions could be set up. They are >> compressed and all duplicates are linked together. You can still grab a >> copy from anywhere through the browser. > > Than

Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-13 Thread Jason Hughes
Rob Shepherd wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > Forgive my ignorance, but if the files are not in a "direct access" > format, then how does rsync work? > rsync compares local and remote file trees before sending deltas etc. > > Does the rsync perl module do some translation magic or somesuch? >

Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-13 Thread Rob Shepherd
Les Mikesell wrote: > The backups are not stored in a format suitable for direct access even > if suitable network shares and permissions could be set up. They are > compressed and all duplicates are linked together. You can still grab a > copy from anywhere through the browser. Thanks for th

Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-13 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 02/13 07:53 , Les Mikesell wrote: > Rob Shepherd wrote: > >> > >>> i'd like to be able to quickly provide a user with access to their files > >>> over samba, as quickly as possible. > > The backups are not stored in a format suitable for direct access even > if suitable network shares and perm

Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-13 Thread Les Mikesell
Rob Shepherd wrote: >> >>> i'd like to be able to quickly provide a user with access to their files >>> over samba, as quickly as possible. >>> >>> does anybody have any thoughts on how i do this efficiently. >> Set up authenticated http access with each user listed as the 'owner' of >> his own ma

Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-13 Thread Rob Shepherd
Les Mikesell wrote: > Rob Shepherd wrote: > >> i'd like to be able to quickly provide a user with access to their files >> over samba, as quickly as possible. >> >> does anybody have any thoughts on how i do this efficiently. > > Set up authenticated http access with each user listed as the 'owner

Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-12 Thread Les Mikesell
Rob Shepherd wrote: > > I'm about to deploy BackupPC for backing up laptops, using cygwin/rsyncd > on the clients. > > I've noticed that the backup on disk is not of a form which isn't suitable > for exporting via samba directly. > > i'd like to be able to quickly provide a user with access to t

Re: [BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-12 Thread Rob Shepherd
> I've noticed that the backup on disk is not of a form which isn't suitable > for exporting via samba directly. > Doh, my bad with the double negative! Please read as... I've noticed that the backup on disk is not suitable for exporting via samba directly. Rob

[BackupPC-users] restore a backup to samba

2007-02-12 Thread Rob Shepherd
Dear BackupPC users, I'm about to deploy BackupPC for backing up laptops, using cygwin/rsyncd on the clients. I've noticed that the backup on disk is not of a form which isn't suitable for exporting via samba directly. i'd like to be able to quickly provide a user with access to their files over