[lug] Can Unix Samba server copy files from Windows shares?

[Hugh Brown]

You can script stuff with smbclient and expect or maybe just use
smbmount (write a script that mounts the share, rsync's it off, umounts
the share)

Or go for a more thorough approach (e.g. amanda as was suggested, a full
featured back up system, ...)

Hugh


On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 17:47 -0500, Gordon Golding wrote:
> I have a server in a PC environment. I've set up Samba so people can drag- and-drop their Windows files on a Samba share to back them up.
> 
> I want to actively have my Linux server backup those files.
> 
> Can I use the Samba server to go out to the PCs and copy files from their Shared Directories?
> 
> What other ways are there for my Linux machine to backup the files off the Windows PCs?
> 
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Hugh Brown <hugh at math.byu.edu>