Malcolm McLeary Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 Can Retrospect 5.0.236 running on MacOS X automount Appleshare Volumes? I wish to have Retrospect autolaunch and perform backups of Appleshare Volumes even when the MacOS X workstation is NOT logged in. It appears to me that when Retrospect Autolaunches it is running as a different user to the one who set it up or in fact is logged in. Retrospect for Windows has a similar "problem", but its possible to set the username and password to be used by Retrospect when the Retrospect Launcher service does its thing. Does the MacOS X version have a similar configuration capability? Further, is there a way to stop Retrospect actually displaying all its windows behind the "login screen"? IMHO, when the workstation is logged out, Retrospect should run as a completely faceless background process. Why don't I install a client on my AppleShare Server? I have, but Retrospect for MacOS does not support the Linux Client. If I want to backup my Appleshare Volumes I'm forced to mount them. Its starting to look like I can only use Retrospect for MacOS X to do local backups and for all other backup requirements I should use Retrospect 6.0 for Windows. Thats possibly not a bad things as I'd rather use my Mac and performing backups is probably a good job for a PC. Having said that ... Retrospect for MacOS X should be able to do what I'm asking it to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted October 26, 2002 Report Share Posted October 26, 2002 >>Can Retrospect 5.0.236 running on MacOS X automount Appleshare Volumes? Yes. Check the ReadMe for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm McLeary Posted October 28, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2002 Thanks. Don't you just hate it when the answer is documented .... I simply failed to read the readme. Still it would appear to be a bit of a problem having to login as root to save access info so Retrospect can mount volumes and perform unattended backups when the machine is not logged in. Having said that it is working now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted October 28, 2002 Report Share Posted October 28, 2002 In reply to: Still it would appear to be a bit of a problem having to login as root to save access info so Retrospect can mount volumes and perform unattended backups when the machine is not logged in. Dantz documents two paths to making this work. IMHO logging into the Aqua Finder is not a good idea (even enabling the root password in OS X is really never necessary). Instead, mount the server as a regular Finder user, Provide Retrospect the password, then unmount the server and have Retrospect re-mount the volume as root. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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