Hello kerridgeo,
There is still aproblem with the backup of eBox, like i first posted end of januari.
I have done the following tests:
Installed eBox on Ubuntu server 8.04, on a intel P4 platform.
Configured several users, groups and shares ( also nested shares ), the server is configured as a primary domain controller and there are several windows Xp computers added to the domain.
Then i made a full backup, using the backup utility of eBox. saved the backup file on a external hard disk.
Next i installed a new server from scratch, on the same hardware platform as above. Same ubuntu server version 8.04 and same eBox version. So the second server was indentical to the first server.
I restored the backup file to the new server, at that monent the users groups and shares where restored but the windows computer accounts are not restored. So here is a problem.
Running the same test severeal times, results some times with not correct restored shares.
Then i installed " mondo " open source on the server ( this application make a archive and restore of files on bit level possible ).
When i make a mondoarchive of the map /etc from the server ( as you now all the configuration files are in that map ), en on the second server i did a mondorestore of the /etc map ( afther the configuration of the new eBox server and restore of the ebox backup file on the second server ) then the computer accounts of the domain are restored on the second server and all functions work correct now.The windows xp computers can connect to the domain again on the new server.
So far the only possibility to backup and restore of computer accounts was with the " Mondo " software.
It happends several time that the eBox backup restore give some errors while every think has no problems and the the restore was correct done, some times the shares are not backupped correctly with eBox several shares are not in the backup file.
Is there sinds end of januari a correction for this problem and where can i find the approved file ?
As long that the backup/restore utility is not relliable, there is a risc to use the server in an operational environment.
I hope soon to have a good solution, because eBox is a verry good system for use as a schoolserver, and it has a user friendly administrator interface.
Hav you some experience with " backuppc " ? can it be used for a complte backup of the eBox server ( data and configurartion ) ?
Thanks,
Ian