amsamba — Amanda Application to interface with smbclient
Amsamba is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses smbclient to backup and restore data.
The device name in the disklist must have the form '//HOST/SHARE/SUBDIR' where HOST is the CIFS host, SHARE is the share to connect and subdir is the subdirectory to backup. '/subdir' can be ommited, in which case the complete share is archived. The host in the disklist should be the name of an intermediate host that has smbclient installed, and is often the Amanda server itself.
Include or exclude can be used, but not both. The path for 'exclude list' or 'include list' must be absolute path on the client. The estimate calculates the complete size of the share, without regard for include or exclude directives. It will be larger than the actual dump if you use include or exclude. Using 'estimate server' in the dumptype could give better estimate.
This section lists the properties that control amsamba's functionality. See amanda-applications(7) for information on application properties and how they are configured.
Sharename User%Password DomainSharename is '//HOST/SHARE' without the SUBDIR. Sharename can be quoted, it can be '*' to match all share, it can be '//pc-host/*' to match all share on pc-host. User is the username use to connect to the share. Password is the password use to connect to the share. Domain is optional. Example:
//another-pc/share otheruser%otherpw domain
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