[ale] Samba on SuSE 8.2 Personal

[Dow Hurst]

I can send you a startup script from 8.2 since I still have some machines with 
those scripts available.  Later this evening will work if I can still get access.
Dow


griffisb at bellsouth.net wrote:
> Hey all, 
>  
>       I'm running SuSE 8.2 Personal on my desktop, and noticed that it does not come with 
> Samba. I downloaded Samba from the SuSE website, and can manually start it (smbd start, 
> nmbd start). After manually starting it, I can share disks and printers. Already did the smbpasswd 
> -a deal (or whatever the command is). 
>  
>       Problem is, I want to automagically backup my WinXP and Win2K laptops to my Samba 
> share. How do I go about adding smbd start and nmbd start to a startup script in case my kids 
> boot the desktop? If I opt for SuSE Professional, I'm assuming Samba is part of the package and 
> has all the scripts built in. Is that correct? 
>  
>       I'd like to get this working at home, then come up with something similar for church. 
> Automagically back up each Win98 and WinXP PC to a Samba server, then once a week copy 
> from the Samba server to an external harddisk (USB mounted? Might take forever) - and store 
> the disk in a vault. 
>  
>       Is that what you would do for a Windows environment? I looked at Rsynch, but want to come 
> up with a solution I could easily teach someone on staff to handle. As a side note, I'm running 
> 802.11B Wireless between floors at home. Didn't want to run a cable. A kicked off a full backup of 
> my Win2K laptop and came up with a 6.5 hour estimate. I moved my laptop upstairs, connected it 
> to a 10/100 Switch, and the backup is 1.5 hours. Guess you guys that recommended running a 
> cable were right. 
>  
> Bruce 
> 
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