Re: [BackupPC-users] Request for pointer
2010-01-29 15:48:14
thank you...where do I put" my local dns entries"?
-John
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> The user you fill in in the config.pl <http://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
> <http://config.pl>, I need to add, for every machine I want to back up,
> the user name and password?
You can do that in the web interface in the 'edit config' link for each
host.
> What do I do if the machine I want to back up, has only one user with no
> password but admin privlidges?
Your other option - and probably what most people do - is to add a
backup user on each machine (if they aren't in a domain who is in the
administrator and backup user groups so the login/password stays the same.
> 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'?
The cleanest way to do this is to have local dns with entries for each
name. That way normal (not just windows/netbios) network connections
will work with the names. Next best for a small set is to put them in
the hosts files.
> 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...?
No, if you have local passwords on each machine you don't need any
domain controller.
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