RE: [suse-security] Alternative to NFS
Andreas Achtzehn wrote:
I would have wanted to use NFS/SMB/AFS for backup purposes. So how does SMB behave when I try to transfer a Unix file? Does it create the file on the receiving server with the same permissions? What about symlinks?
Backup? You can completely configure the permissions samba uses to create files. Look at man smb.conf and search for force create mode and create mode. You can also either allow or disallow samba users to follow symlinks. --> SNIP
Ehhh. well since I'm still not sure what the exact question is it's hard to answer. you want to transfer files. why not use ftp? rsync? nfs? afs? smb? tcfs? etc. What os's is this between? MSDOS boxes? two suse machines? uhhhhh? why not use IPSec for encrypt it? etc. Ask a real question, get a real answer.
Because it's not just plain files, but files, symlinks, device-files, etc. etc. I don't want to wake up in the morning with a ./init.d/init.d/init.d/init.d/init.d/init.d/init.d/init.d/init.d/init.d/ [...]
Regards, Andreas
Still not clear what exactly you want to do, but as mentioned above, you can disallow the following of symlinks, if that's what your worried about. Next to that you can copy any file you want to with just about exactly the permissions you want to. But if I understand you correctly, you want to copy your entire file-system as a means of backup?? Do you have any compelling reasons for not using normal backup media? If not, go with tapes and save yourself a lot of trouble HTH Stefan
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Stefan Suurmeijer