[Samba] Need a cron script written

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Kevin Brown wrote:

> I do this manually:
> smbmount //Beverley/C /home/data
> pwd: "insert pwd"
> cp -ruv /home/samba/public /home/data
> smbumount /home/data
> 
> This lets me do the following:
> make a copy of all my samba shares on the server to a client named Beverley C 
> drive.
> ruv does the following
> recursive (all subdirectories and subfolders)
> unchanged (only write over when newer)
> verbose
> 
> pwd: "insert pwd" would be my password for that share (secret!!)

If you change this to:
smbmount //Beverley/C /home/data -o,username=KevinBrown,password=SECRET
You shouldn't get prompted for a password.

> the only problem is I can not get cp to do this "quietly or without input, even dropping 
> the "v" makes me confirm each write.

try /bin/cp -a /home/samba/public /home/data

> I need to unmount the share at end of backup.
> Any ideas of doing it another way much appreciated.
> I currently run a cron job, tar -cvfpP /dev/st0 /home/samba/public weekly to save all 
> my samba server shares to tape.


Yours Tony

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