[BlueOnyx:11307] Re: Solbackup

[Marcello Torchio]

Thanks for the reply Michael,

unfortunately the shared external disk is attached to a windows based
machine so i cannot use sshfs. I will try your suggestion about symbolic
links and samba shares

Thanks

2012/9/11 Michael Stauber <mstauber at blueonyx.it>

> Hi Marcello,
>
> > Can i change the destination directroy of the backup script? I've found
> > a file named "vsite-backup.sh" in "/home/solarspeed/solbackup" folder
> > and i've seen that is possible to set the destination folder. Otherwise
> > can i setup destination folder on a mounted samba external HDD?
>
> You can also use a symbolic link to point the backup to another
> location. Say you want to store the backups in a mounted remote
> directory called /extra.
>
> Then you'd do this:
>
> rm -R /home/solarspeed/solbackup/server_backup
> mkdir /extra/server_backup
> ln -s /extra/server_backup /home/solarspeed/solbackup/server_backup
>
> Using a Samba share is fine. But you could also try fuse-sshfs to mount
> a remote directory via SSH. How that is done is explained here:
>
> http://www.blueonyx.it/index.php?page=fuse-sshfs
>
> --
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
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