[K12OSN] NAS Backup

[Sudev Barar]

On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 20:38, Barry Solof wrote:
> We've played with the standard rsync and Netware quite a bit.  The 
> bottom line is that you can sync files from Netware to Linux but all you 
> get is the files.  You lose Netware ownerships and permissions. 
> 
> If your goal is to move some files and directories, this is fine.  But 
> if you want to use these files as a substitute Netware backup it leaves 
> a lot to be desired.  After a server crash you'd be able to restore the 
> files but would have to recreate each directory and file ownership by hand.
> 
> Also, the latest version of Netware come with an rsync nlm.  This 
> version of rsync will maintain permissions during a Netware to Netware 
> copy.  We use it each night to sync two Netware servers and it works 
> nicely.  But I don't know if it can keep Netware permissions if you sync 
> the files to linux.
That is a new perspective. Thanks for things to watch out.
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Sudev Barar

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