I just set up my first backup using Samba (my amanda setup's been working well since December). I'll know tonight if it completed successfully.
I'm puzzled by a restore question. I've never implemented indexing, and don't use amrecover or amrestore. Instead, I just dd the file off the tape and pipe it to restore on the tapeserver, in a tmp directory, then ftp the file back where it belongs. This works fine for me, as I am practically the only user on my systems, and files very seldom need restoration. Will I be able to do this same procedure with files originally on the Windows (Samba) shares? In other words, will I be able to restore the file or directories into a tmp file on my Unix (Linux) tapeserver, then ftp it back to the PC where it came from? Will I have to use any different programs or systems? Will I lose any information (permissions, dates and times, etc.) this way, versus restoring with amrecover or amrestore? Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions on this. -Kevin Zembower ----- E. Kevin Zembower Unix Administrator Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, MD 21202 410-659-6139
