jalal wrote:
Many thanks for all the input from folks around here.
In the end, we decided to create an ftp space. Most of the users are comfortable with zipping up their Document files and ftp'ing them up to the server (when they remember to). They will use a naming convention for the files which includes the date and I'll try and find a way to rotate and manage the files on the server.
Some confusion over the use of the singular in my description, 'my client' is a company which includes 6-8 computers, 3 of which are laptops which are not online all the time, so what would work for one would not work for others. It also means that a pull solution from the server wouldn't work.
Those machines that are on all/most the time will get some sort of automated solution, maybe I'll use the DOS shell, maybe something written in VBScript or possibly make use of the built in backup program.
Thanks again.
jalal
It sounds like you have your solution down, but I thought I might throw this idea out for consideration: If you're looking at backing up each user's "My Documents" folder, then a combination of Samba and redirection of My Documents would work well. Gerry