pjcrooks2000
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Redhat Linux 9 installation types advice
Hi all, i am sure this question has been asked a zillion times before but I could not find anything that appropriately answered my intended question.
Here is the scenario I am working on a Unix backup utility and I need to set the testing ground for this. I am expected to have two machines that will have standard user accounts on them, tools and suchlike. Also I have to create a machine that will interact with these two other machine and in effect will become the repository for all of the files that will be backed up.
I may give the users access to the files on the backup machine at a later date so I want to have the functionality that they can connect to the machine to view their files that have been backed up!
Therefore for each case I would like some advice on what Installation type I should use for 1) Backup machine 2) Users machine.
Also can you please advise me on what software I should install with the distributions, e.g. SSH, text editors and so on.
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ABOVE IS THE QUESTION< BELOW IS MY SCENARIO DETAILS SO PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND
I want to be able to create scripts on the User machines that will compile a text file of all of the files that need to be backed up at a certain interval and this will be run by using cron. Then at some point, perhaps for example in the middle of the night the server connects to these machines and looks in the file to see what needs to be backed up! It will then go through the text file copying the files from their relevant locations to the Backup machine over SSH or using SCP.
I want to be bale to use a database too to store these files in and be able to scrutinise the database at a later date to see what has been backed up and where it has been saved to.
Here is the scenario I am working on a Unix backup utility and I need to set the testing ground for this. I am expected to have two machines that will have standard user accounts on them, tools and suchlike. Also I have to create a machine that will interact with these two other machine and in effect will become the repository for all of the files that will be backed up.
I may give the users access to the files on the backup machine at a later date so I want to have the functionality that they can connect to the machine to view their files that have been backed up!
Therefore for each case I would like some advice on what Installation type I should use for 1) Backup machine 2) Users machine.
Also can you please advise me on what software I should install with the distributions, e.g. SSH, text editors and so on.
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ABOVE IS THE QUESTION< BELOW IS MY SCENARIO DETAILS SO PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND
I want to be able to create scripts on the User machines that will compile a text file of all of the files that need to be backed up at a certain interval and this will be run by using cron. Then at some point, perhaps for example in the middle of the night the server connects to these machines and looks in the file to see what needs to be backed up! It will then go through the text file copying the files from their relevant locations to the Backup machine over SSH or using SCP.
I want to be bale to use a database too to store these files in and be able to scrutinise the database at a later date to see what has been backed up and where it has been saved to.
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Yep I just looked inside a fedora core disk, looks similar to me. I think it's time to switch to Fedora.
Thanks for the advice
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Thanks for the advice
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I have had some experience with RedHat in the past so I guess that is why I want to use Redhat as a testing ground. I know what your saying about reinventing the wheel as a unix backup utility has been made over and over and over. I think the complexity of the job at hand is what matters for the Project at Uni.
Can I ask are there many differences between Fedora and Redhat ? I have mostly used Redhat in text mode but I intend to install both my workstation and server with GUI for operational purposes. I am tempted to use Fedora now so would it be practical for me to switch to fedora, based on the fact that I have some Redhat experience. What do you think?
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