if you have that many users I'd suggest using LDAP or some directory service for authentication so users and passwords are not an issue on a LAN. At 05:10 PM 9/29/2004, you wrote: >On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > >>Not exactly. rsync will do as you say, but only if those users also >>exist on the target system. It cannot create new user accounts, and >>shouldn't be able to, either. > >Right, which is what spauned the question, and why Jack's solution won't >work. If you deal with 50-150 users, and if the backup target machine is >not only used for this purpose (backing up this one machine, or one >userspace of a single network), making all of those users, becomes a >logistical nightmare, and difficult for other reasons. > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
