NAME

       amsamba - Amanda Application to interface with smbclient

DESCRIPTION

       Amsamba is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It
       uses smbclient to backup and restore data.

       The diskdevice in the disklist (DLE) must have the form '//CIFSHOST/SHARE/SUBDIR' where
       CIFSHOST is the CIFS host containing the data to be backed up, 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.

       Unlike most applications, amsamba backs up and restores data located on a different system
       from that where amsamba itself runs. The host containing the data is the CIFS host. In
       practice, amsamba is usually run on the same system as the Amanda server, with a DLE like

       localhost "//CIFSHOST/SHARENAME" amsamba-dumptype

       Include or exclude can be used, but not both. The path for 'exclude list' or 'include
       list' must be absolute path on the CIFS host. 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.

PROPERTIES

       This section lists the properties that control amsamba's functionality. See amanda-
       applications(7) for information on application properties and how they are configured.

       SMBCLIENT-PATH

           The path to the smbclient binary.  The default is set when Amanda is built by the
           --with-smbclient configure option.

       GNUTAR-PATH

           The path to the gnutar binary.  The default is set when Amanda is built by the
           --with-gnutar configure option. gnutar is used to create the index.

       AMANDAPASS

           Location of the amandapass file, defaulting to "$CONFIG_DIR/amandapass".  Relative
           pathnames are relative to the configuration directory, "$CONFIG_DIR/<config>".  Note
           that this file is located on the client, not on the server.  The format of the file is
           as follow:
             Sharename User%Password Domain

           Sharename 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.  '%Password' is optional if the user can connect to the share without
           password.  'User%Password' is optional, the user 'guest' without password is use to
           connect to the share.  Domain is optional. Example:
             //another-pc/share otheruser%otherpw domain
             //another-pc/share otheruser%otherpw
             //another-pc/share myuser mydomain
             //another-pc/share myuser
             //another-pc/share

       ALLOW-ANONYMOUS

           This username without password is used to connect to the share if no matching entry is
           found in the amandapass file.

       DIRECTORY

           For restore command only, the data is recoved in that directory. Must be a unix path
           for "tar" RECOVER-MODE or a smb path for "smb" recover-MODE.

       RECOVER-MODE

           "tar" or "smb", default to "tar". If "tar", the data is recovered on the local
           machine, If "smb", the data is recovered on the smb client machine.

INCLUDE AND EXCLUDE LISTS

       This application supplies exclude lists via the smbclient -TX option. Normal shell-style
       wildcard expressions, using * and ?, are not supported. All expressions are matched only
       from the base directory of the DLE. Expressions that match a directory may have a leading
       or trailing "/". Example expressions:

         ./temp-files           # exclude top-level dir "temp-files" entirely
         ./temp-files/          # same
         /temp-files            # same
         temp-files             # same
         ./temp-files/*         # BAD: does nothing
         *.iso                  # BAD: does nothing
         proxy/local/cache      # exclude "cache" in dir "proxy/local"

       Include lists are supported only if excludes are not given. They are handled via the
       smbclient -TI option. Include matching is identical to the exclude matching described
       above.

EXAMPLE

         define application app_amsamba {
           property "SMBCLIENT-PATH" "/usr/bin/smbclient"
           property "GNUTAR-PATH" "/bin/tar"
           property "AMANDAPASS" /etc/amandapass"
           property "ALLOW-ANONYMOUS" "guest"
         }

SEE ALSO

       amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amanda-applications(7)

       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

AUTHOR

       Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com>
           Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)