hi, > what effect does SAMBA have on RSYNC if do mount and rsync the windows > folder. >Samba has no affect. SMB does :-) The SMB file sharing protocol defintely >passes any locking issues onto the SMB client (Linux in your case) - so if >it's locked under Windows, then it's locked under Linux... Does it mean to say if i host a RSYNC Server on windows I will be able to backup some files that i wont(or may not) if i mount the same windows drive or folder on a linux machine and do local rsync... Sorry but i cannot think of such locking issues.. can you give an example and point them out,,, tarun
Jason Haar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:34:48PM -0800, Tarun Karra wrote: > it's ok even if I have to host a rsync server on windows machine and set > it up to backup the open files preliminarily,, The most important thing for > me is *****backing up open files*****. Then you should definitely look into doing that. The only reason you should ever mount a remote Windows server is if you cannot run rsync server on it (for whatever reason). > what effect does SAMBA have on RSYNC if do mount and rsync the windows > folder. Samba has no affect. SMB does :-) The SMB file sharing protocol defintely passes any locking issues onto the SMB client (Linux in your case) - so if it's locked under Windows, then it's locked under Linux... -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
