smbtar

Name

smbtar — shell script for backing up SMB/CIFS shares - directly to UNIX tape drives

Synopsis

smbtar [-r] [-i] [-a] [-v] {-s server} [-p password] [-x services] [-X] [-N filename] [-b blocksize] [-d directory] [-l loglevel] [-u user] [-t tape] {filenames}

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

smbtar is a very small shell script on top - of smbclient(1) which dumps SMB shares directly to tape.

OPTIONS

-s server: The SMB/CIFS server that the share resides + directly to UNIX tape drives

Synopsis

smbtar [-r] [-i] [-a] [-v] {-s server} [-p password] [-x services] [-X] [-N filename] [-b blocksize] [-d directory] [-l loglevel] [-u user] [-t tape] {filenames}

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

smbtar is a very small shell script on top + of smbclient(1) which dumps SMB shares directly to tape.

OPTIONS

-s server: The SMB/CIFS server that the share resides upon.
-x service: The share name on the server to connect to. The default is "backup".
-X: Exclude mode. Exclude filenames... from tar create or restore.
-d directory: Change to initial directory @@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ from the tar file.
-l log level: Log (debug) level. Corresponds to the -d flag of smbclient(1).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES The $TAPE variable specifies the default tape device to write to. May be overridden - with the -t option.

BUGS The smbtar script has different - options from ordinary tar and from smbclient's tar command.

CAVEATS Sites that are more careful about security may not like + with the -t option.

BUGS The smbtar script has different + options from ordinary tar and from smbclient's tar command.

CAVEATS Sites that are more careful about security may not like the way the script handles PC passwords. Backup and restore work on entire shares; should work on file lists. smbtar works best - with GNU tar and may not work well with other versions.

DIAGNOSTICS See the DIAGNOSTICS section for the smbclient(1) command.

VERSION This man page is correct for version 3 of - the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO smbd(8), smbclient(1), smb.conf(5).

AUTHOR The original Samba software and related utilities + with GNU tar and may not work well with other versions.

DIAGNOSTICS See the DIAGNOSTICS section for the smbclient(1) command.

VERSION This man page is correct for version 3 of + the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO smbd(8), smbclient(1), smb.conf(5).

AUTHOR The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed. Ricky Poulten -- cgit v1.2.3