samba - Feb 2011 - User submitted job

Is there a way for a user to run a job on the server?

In particular, I want to implement a 'one click' backup using rsync.  An
icon on the desktop would do something (in a batch script maybe or some 
canned program) that would run a job under their ID that would rsync 
their home directory to a backup directory.

On 2/18/2011 05:49, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Is there a way for a user to run a job on the server?
>
> In particular, I want to implement a 'one click' backup using
rsync.
> An icon on the desktop would do something (in a batch script maybe or 
> some canned program) that would run a job under their ID that would 
> rsync their home directory to a backup directory.
>
>
magic files.

On 18/02/11 08:49 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Is there a way for a user to run a job on the server?
>
> In particular, I want to implement a 'one click' backup using
rsync.
> An icon on the desktop would do something (in a batch script maybe or 
> some canned program) that would run a job under their ID that would 
> rsync their home directory to a backup directory.
>
>
For Linux clients, you could store the home directories on a network 
share that you back up. If you must use local home directories, add a 
logout script to rsync to a network share. It doesn't matter which 
machine (client or server) runs it because the network will be the 
bottleneck, not the processor.

If you are talking about Windows clients, simply implement roaming 
profiles. You get a sync'd copy on the server.

I echo Jeff Ross's warning to not leave backups to the users.