Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:47:27 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, "L Goodwin" <xrayv19@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Backing up Samba share to USB jump drive? Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCGEAPCAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20070509211706.9c9622a8.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Bill Moran > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:17 PM > To: L Goodwin > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Backing up Samba share to USB jump drive? > > > L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Here's another round of dumb questions for ya: > > > > Can USB jump drives be used to back-up a Samba share? > > If so, what do I need to do to prepare the USB drive > > to accept files? > > Since I don't really need to compress or encrypt, I > > was thinking about simply copying the entire directory > > tree using the cp command, instead of using dump, tar, > > cpio. > > Will this work, and is it a "good idea"? > > Sure. > > > The filesystem to be backed up is a single common UFS > > shared via Samba. All PC users have access to the same > > set of files (no user-specific directories). The files > > to be backed up are Word, Excel, PDF, etc. > > Every jump drive I've seen comes pre-formatted as FAT-32. The only > problem with this is you'll lose POSIX file permissions when you copy > the files. Use the tar program on the UNIX system to save your files then copy them over, this will preserve permissions, etc. Ted
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