Backing up multiple user data

[Jack Mendez]

if you have that many users I'd suggest using LDAP or some directory 
service for authentication so users and passwords are not an issue on a LAN.
At 05:10 PM 9/29/2004, you wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
>>Not exactly. rsync will do as you say, but only if those users also
>>exist on the target system. It cannot create new user accounts, and
>>shouldn't be able to, either.
>
>Right, which is what spauned the question, and why Jack's solution won't 
>work.  If you deal with 50-150 users, and if the backup target machine is 
>not only used for this purpose (backing up this one machine, or one 
>userspace of a single network), making all of those users, becomes a 
>logistical nightmare, and difficult for other reasons.
>
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