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Originally Posted by Red Squirrel
Since both servers have the same root password...
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If they're both Linux/Unix servers, why are you using SAMBA?
For Windows boxes, before backing them up I mount their shares using fstab entries like this:
Code:
//192.168.0.53/c /mnt/livingroom/c smbfs noauto,umask=0000,credentials=/etc/cred 0 0
That umask is a little wide open for just a backup, but this is a generic fstab entry that I use to mount things for users to write as well. That share itself is about as wide open as you can get!
And my /etc/cred file for the above mount looks like this:
Code:
#
# /etc/cred
#
# Credentials to mount Windows shares via SAMBA
username = administrator
password = the_administrator_password
Again, pretty wide open credentials there, but this is on my home LAN and "I know what I'm doing (tm)"! Software firewalls on each computer, strong passwords, and a rules-based router keep things confined to the LAN.