>
> I now have BackupPC up and running on ubuntu 9.10. Thanks for your help
> guys!
>
> I have a couple more issues. These relate to the fact that I am trying to
> use backuppc to backup files, but also to provide a central up to date
> store of network accessible files, so, for example, media files can be
> viewed over the network, rather than downloaded through the web interface.

This *is* a pretty odd thing to do.  More to the point, it runs counter to
the BackupPC paradigm, so you'll have work to do.

> Thus I have the following problems:
>
> 1. Access the files through the network
> I want to have /var/lib/backuppc as a browsable folder through the
> network. I have managed to change permissions on the folders so they are
> browseable, but i need to set the file permissions so i can open the
> files. How do I do this, and set it so that all future backup files are
> given accessible permissions?

Don't do this; I'll assume you don't actually want to break backups, and
you're going to have problems with the naming conventions.  Keep in mind
it's *pool* storage, which really isn't suited to browsing in the first
place.

If you really want to do this, you'll probably want to investigate the
fuse filesystem interfaces instead.

> 2. A single store of files
> I want one folder with all the incremental backups being copied into it,
> so to see the most up to date version of a file, I just browse to it in
> nautilus, or through shared folders from another pc on the network.
>
> At the moment, I have a 0 and a 1 folder, and I am sure I will end up with
> loads more. I just want a single folder, no matter how many times the
> backup is made.

So... you don't actually want to use the pool storage, I guess.

Again, I'll point you in the direction of fuse, unless your goal is to
break BackupPC.

> 3. Change the Naming Convention
> Also is there a way to change the naming convention so the folders are
> given the normal names (so Documents rather than fDocuments)?

Fuse, as I mentioned before, is probably the only way to do this without
breaking something.

What you're essentially asking for is a view into the storage pool that's
... not the storage pool.  Probably the best way to do so without breaking
anything is fuse.

> Awesome, really appreciate the help guys!
> Bless,
> Chris ("http://allaboutchris.co.uk)
>
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