Subj : Re: Slimmed down Debian
To   : Mike Powell
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Fri Sep 13 2019 00:18:00

MIKE POWELL wrote:
>>> Well, nfs is pretty much installed by default if you choose a "server
>>> install" on a linux distro.  Or, at least it is with debian and several of
>>> its derivatives (sp?).  As to whether or not you need an all-in-one
> depends> > on what you might want to serve up with it.
> 
>> Haha, you're assuming I know what I want to serve up :)  I'm thinkin'
>> mostly it ought to be a backup server, if I can figure out how to
>> achieve it.
> 
> You would probably want nfs then.  If you have any windows machines that
> you'd be backing up, you'd also want samba set up.  Some folks use rsync
> for backup.  I am not smart enough to get it working, so I use the old
> mirrordir program.  There are some potential drawbacks to using it as the
> source is no longer updated, where rsync is still maintaned and (I think)
> it has some compatable cross-platform programs, too (IIRC, there is an
> rsync for OS/2 and maybe Windows).

These linux commandline utils are too blind for me. I want to see what 
it's doing, not type something intuitive like
rsync /.n4 -xx#?1 -/rmx DD pW +Zcvnx \drCx /smb2 --2
(all case sensitive, of course)
and wonder what the hell just happened!


> Print server was the other thing that came to mind.  IIRC, the default
> "server install" for debian would include nfs and print and maybe samba.

Only time I installed Samba, I wound up less networked than before. :/
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