Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Prevent Users Starting a Backup
2008-11-14 06:44:41
samk-01 AT ntlworld DOT com wrote:
> Is it possible to stop a user from manually taking a full and/or
> incremental backup? I have tried setting $Conf{MaxUserBackups} = 0;
> but this does not achieve the goal.
>
> Why do this? I have a network in which all user home directories
> are stored on a dedicated file-server and therefore not stored
> locally on each PC. The backups of the file-server are conducted
> using the schedule facility of BackupPC. This setup is working
> well. To make it simpler for each user it will be preferred if they
> were able to conduct only restores.
>
> I am not a "coder" and anything beyond "commenting out" may be
> beyond my ability. However, if anyone has any simple suggestions I
> am willing to test them.
See the $Conf{MaxUserBackups} setting:
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#item__conf_maxuserbackups_
Nils Breunese.
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