Re: [BackupPC-users] One smb (win xp) client - multiple users: cgi-bin

[Michael K. <Mic...@we...>]

Craig Barratt <cbarratt <at> users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> 
> todd <at> curryweb.com writes:
> 
> > I have assumed to date that there could only be one entry in the hosts
> > file per client -- what you are proposing below would (I believe) require
> > multiple entries in the hosts file?
> 
> That's right.  From BackupPC's point of view these are different
> clients, so each appears in the hosts file etc.  But at the last
> moment before doing the backup, $Conf{ClientNameAlias} redirects
> to the real client.
> 
> This same method can also be used to backup different parts of
> the filesystem on a client with different frequencies and expiry
> schedules.
> 
> Craig
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Hi list,

since a while, I'm using the method Craig described before, and it's ok to set
up for few PC's with few users.  However, for PC's of group size (10-20 users),
this becomes quite cumbersome.  Moreover, the multiple entries for each PC bloat
the list in the web interface.  I would be happy if a host line could be of the
following style:

host dhcp adminUser1[,adminUser2...] user1[,user2...]

The admin users would have admin rights, and the normal users would be able to
operate on their files only.
Is it a design feature of BackupPC which forbids implementation of such a
functionality?
Well, I already notice one problem to solve is what is about user files which
are in a directory not owned by the user readable by a certain group but not
world.  Is the user part of this group?
But, I believe this would be an improvement appreciated by many.

Best regards,

Michael