[Samba] copy a large volume of data from PC to samba server

[Tian-xiong Lu]

Thanks, Bob.

Just checked documentation. mount -t smbfs works for Linux.
Unfortunately, I am using a Solaris box.

Anyone knows a way to see a windows share (physically on a PC) as a
(logical) directory on Solaris?

Thanks,
Tian.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Crandell" <bob at assuredcomp.com>
To: "Tian-xiong Lu" <tianl at agrecon.canberra.edu.au>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] copy a large volume of data from PC to samba server


> Hi,
> I guess I responded directly to you.  Sorry, I meant to respond to the
list.
>
> I was under the impression you had mounted the PC drive.  One way to mount
it is:
> mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=pass //computer/share /mnt/point
>
> Then /dir1 = /mnt/point.  Of course, if /mnt/point is made available
through Samba,
> then you can use Windoze Explorer.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Tian-xiong Lu (tianl at agrecon.canberra.edu.au) wrote*:
> >
> >Hi, thanks.
> >
> >but /dir1 is on the PC. How can I cd to there on a samba server (UNIX)?
> >
> >Tian.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bob Crandell" <bob at assuredcomp.com>
> >To: "Tian-xiong Lu" <tianl at agrecon.canberra.edu.au>
> >Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 12:25 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Samba] copy a large volume of data from PC to samba server
> >
> >
> >> A friend of mine wrote this for me:
> >> (cd /dir1; tar cf - .) | (cd /dir2; tar xfp -)
> >> Where dir1 is the source and dir2 is your destination.  This was
written
> >to protect
> >> permissions on Linux drives but should do the job for you.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >> Tian-xiong Lu (tianl at agrecon.canberra.edu.au) wrote*:
> >> >
> >> >Hi there,
> >> >
> >> >Is there someone over there knows a method or script
> >> >that can copy a large volume of data (in folders) from PCs
> >> >to a samba server (suppose there is enough space there)?
> >> >
> >> >I know using smbclient or smbtar can backup data on PCs
> >> >to samba server, but it is written in tar files.I wonder whether
> >> >this method can handle a large folder, say, in 10GB size.
> >> >
> >> >Also, using smbclient with mget and recurse on, one can
> >> >copy folders from PC to samba server. But in doing so,
> >> >it is in interactive mode and keeps asking yes/no to continue.
> >> >Is there a way to get rid of these prompts?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >Tian.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> --
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> >>
> >
> >
> --
> Bob Crandell
> Assured Computing
> When you need to be sure.
> Cell 541-914-3985
> FAX  240-371-7237
> bob at assuredcomp.com
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>
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