Subj : Re: linux for backup from WinXP?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lin=F8nut?=
Date : Mon Jul 19 2004 10:50 pm

Error BR-549: MS DRM 1.0 rejects the following post from Eric Peterson:

> I'm looking into building a backup machine for the office I work in.
> Ideally, I'd like to have one linux machine that regularly copies important
> data directories off user WinXP, win2k, win98 machines (8 in our office).
> My linux experience is limited (I have a very basic devian webserver running
> in my garage).  Basically I'm wondering how easy and reliable it is to have
> a linux box connect to a windows box?  Our network involves workgroups...
> does this complicate matters much?

If you know the hostname and the share name, you can do this:

   mkdir /smb
   mkdir /smb/ca
   mount -t smbfs //hostname/ca /smb/ca/ -o username=linonut,gid=disk,fmask=664

where ca is the sharename.  If you don't have a DNS server to tell you the IP
of hostname, you can put it in /etc/hosts, or wire it in the above directly.

You can also put the info above into /etc/fstab.  See "man mount" and the
section on the smb protocol options.

You can also use smbclient.

Lots of ways to do it.

Now, if you want to browse the shares, instead of mounting a Windows drive,
there's more to the story <grin>.

Oh, you can also set up to use your Windows printer, too.  The printtool
command is handy for this in Debian, if you're using lprng instead of cups.

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