Samba 4 backup

Marc Muehlfeld samba at marc-muehlfeld.de
Wed May 15 11:31:06 MDT 2013


Hello Bogdan,

Am 15.05.2013 17:18, schrieb bogdan_bartos:
> I know there is a backup script for samba 4. Does it preserve the folder
> rights to sysvol and the other folders?

No. But if your tar version supports --xattrs, you can add this 
parameter to all 'tar' commands in the script to preserve the ACLs.

http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Backup_and_Recovery#About_the_backup_samba_script



 > I noticed also there are some other
> library files that are built when compiled and they are backed up. I am
> concerned when I restore, these will not work if I recompile from scratch in
> case of a restore.

Which ones e.g.?



Regards,
Marc


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