On Tue 2 November 2004 12:38, David SMITH wrote:
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:11:31AM +0100, jalal wrote:
I have a client who is using Windows XP and wants to backup his files (preferably automatically) to my Linux server.
Normally in Linux I would suggest rsync, or tar/gzip/ftp or similar solutions
But what would work under Windows? Does Windows have a shell and shell tools? I suspect not. And this is not a computer guru anyway.
Anyone have any experience and/or solutions in this area?
Make the Windows machine export its file system, mount it on the Linux machine using Samba, and use crond/tar/gzip/etc?
I've just persuaded these guys to tighten up their security by closing down things that they don't need, especially shares and such, so that wouldn't go down too well... "All you files are now backed up in Russia..." <bg> Nah, I need to find something that will work over the internet without glaring security holes, so I think I need to find a windows version of rsync/ssh. Or maybe just winzip and upload via ftp. Cygwin is, unfortunately, a little too complicated and rather overkill. -- GPG fingerprint = 3D45 5509 D380 26A4 523E A9D8 A66A 5F38 CA43 BB0E