Re: [BackupPC-users] Request for pointer

thank you Koen! some clarification questions below:

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:28 AM, <koen.linders AT koca DOT be> wrote:

> 1) some clarification of both backuppc settings and Samba setting from
> someone who has backuppc backing up xp clients over a small LAN. e.g.
> show
> me relevant sections of your config and .pl files.

First: backuppc wiki
:http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Tips_and_Tricks

I don't use it anymore but this is what i remember:
The user you fill in in the config.pl e.g. user: backupuser passw: password
You add that user to every PC to the administrator group (and backup
operators?)

Assume I have 3 xp machines, each machine has one user, with admin privilidges, and a password. Are you saying that in my config.pl, I need to add, for every machine I want to back up, the user name and password?
What do I do if the machine I want to back up, has only one user with no password but admin privlidges?

> 2) a pointer to a Samba-xp how to....where Samba is NOT a domain
> controller

When your clients are statically mapped, use that as client name.

.....use *that* as client name".....What is *that* referring to? the clients IP address (xx.xx.xx.xx)? The client PCs 'name'?

Then you don't need nmblookup to find the clients and don't need a WINS
server for netbios name lookups

>
> 3) a clarification to: When using backuppc and SMB, is the assumption that
> Samba is acting/configured as a domain controller or not? For backuppc to
> work, what is the easiest way to configure Samba (not as a domain
> controller?)

backuppc and smb just have to do with how you access the clients. It has
nothing to do with DC's etc. You only need the package installed to have
the smbclient program +-

So you are saying that I do not need to configure SMB as a domain controller...?

I'm not at work so I can't check info from the backup servers.
I hope this helps a bit.

Koen Linders

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