[95508] in RedHat Linux List
Re: backing up webfiles and configurations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony E. Greene)
Mon Oct 19 07:55:43 1998
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 13:49:26 +0200
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From: "Anthony E. Greene" <agreene@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <199810191000.UAA11304@spice.idl.com.au>
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At 20:02 1998-10-19 +1000, Pete wrote:
>> I would like to do a backup on my Redhat server, what I would like to do is
>> backup my network configurations and my webfiles onto my PC I have
>> connected to the same network that my Redhat server is on. Does anyone
>> know how I can accomplish this? Thanks for your time.
>
>One way would be using samba.
>
>edit your /etc/smb.conf and create the shares to the path you
>want, then just copy all the files you want using windows explorer.
It would be best to tar/gzip the files first to keep the ownership,
permissions, and other file properties intact. Then copy the tarball. You
could do this as a cron job.
Tony
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