I've been using Duplicati where I need a standalone backup of a thing. Web based management interface makes it super simple to manage.

@gjacobse said in What the world? No user backup script:

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@DustinB3403 said in What the world? No user backup script:

Why not use something like UrBackup rather than recreating the wheel with custom scripts?

Especially when it's in the Chocolaty repo. Just script the install and configuration!

Many aspects of Chocolatey are blocked. I tried to install Greenshot and it failed.

It’s the state- which has a high number of limiting GPOs and such.

Scripts are also restricted... to a degree.

Ugh, hope you find a job somewhere reasonable quick!

@brandon220 said in Backup Target for Linux:

I have a Fedora 30 server that I backup to a ReadyNAS 2100 at home. I have a NFS share set up on the NAS. A script runs on the server and rsyncs the data to the NAS. The NAS is in need of replacing due to age even though it has been dependable.
Would another F30 server with a Samba share be the best option? I could purchase another NAS and do the same thing. The new backup target will reside in a separate building that is climate controlled. Is there a better alternative?

If they're both Linux based, then stick with NFS. How you go about doing that is up to budget, mostly. A NAS will generally use much less power than a server, which will be the only big difference.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/07/17/lenovo-confirms-36tb-data-leak-security-vulnerability/#3146a6862b96

Lenovo EMC NAS products are "trivial to access via the api"

@DustinB3403 said in What the world? No user backup script:

Why not use something like UrBackup rather than recreating the wheel with custom scripts?

Especially when it's in the Chocolaty repo. Just script the install and configuration!

@gjacobse said in What the world? No user backup script:

As I look to script something up, it is likely better to use Powershell over simple batch - yes?

PS would have tools to query ADUC and provide more logic than batch, but I have little experience with PS...

And of course each agency, company , etc will have differences to account for. So there will be some obvious adjustments over general user dox, fav, pix, etc.

Let me guess. Nobody uses the network shares either?

Not even redirecting folders? FML

@hobbit666 said in script running with cron:

So I've added the following to the cron job

07 16 * * * /home/display1/chrome.sh > /home/display1/chrome.log 2>&1

Also changed the chrome.sh to just 3 lines

#!/bin/bash
sleep 10
/usr/bin/chromium-browser
sleep 5

So when it runs I look at the log file and see this:-
(Chromium-browser:3494): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:07:12.000: cannot open display:

Ah, there we go. The shell it's running as doesn't have a graphical environment setup. I forget offhand how I got around this because I so rarely have to. The only recent cases I've used fed to feed images to a screen.

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Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push

Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.

It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.

Actually, it's businesses being willing to pay for the service is all that matters.

It’s not something you pay extra for since it’s bundled with O365.

You are.

If you want Slack, it's not because you also want Google Sheets or Zimbra email with XYZ. It's because you want Slack because of what business needs it covers.
Slack is $6-$12 per user per month.

If you just want MS Teams (which is a legit need by the way), too bad, you also have to pay for other stuff you may or may not need or use.
MS Teams will cost you $5, which is cheaper than Slack, which does NOT include Office or Office Suite, but does include Exchange... whether or not you need it. To get Office, it's a minimum of $12.50 for Business Premium (< 300 users). Otherwise, you're buying enterprise O365 licenses which just goes up.

We switched from SFB/Teams to slack plus. Waste of money IMO. I didn't like either of them because I don't like chat for work.

Email is really abused and extremely inefficient for most of what it's typically used for within most organisations.

I cannot up vote this enough. You can add spreadsheets to the abused and extremely inefficiently used platform, IMHO.

And I can't upvote this enough. Have you ever had to deal with MS Dynamics? shudders

Nope. Thank goodness.

My brother's company makes him use a HUGE HUGE spreadsheet for part of their Inventory processing so Management. Heck, put it in a stupid Access DB for crying out loud. But, but, but, Excel can give Management the pretty pie chart they want..

Excel can still make them pretty pie charts from any database, and can natively access Access. Not that I'd want to use Access when LibreOffice is available to work with a much better back end.

OH no, not Access AND Excel!

lol, yep, I've been there, done that. Didn't get the t-shirt because it sucked.

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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push

Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.

It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.

Actually, it's businesses being willing to pay for the service is all that matters.

It’s not something you pay extra for since it’s bundled with O365.

You are.

If you want Slack, it's not because you also want Google Sheets or Zimbra email with XYZ. It's because you want Slack because of what business needs it covers.
Slack is $6-$12 per user per month.

If you just want MS Teams (which is a legit need by the way), too bad, you also have to pay for other stuff you may or may not need or use.
MS Teams will cost you $5, which is cheaper than Slack, which does NOT include Office or Office Suite, but does include Exchange... whether or not you need it. To get Office, it's a minimum of $12.50 for Business Premium (< 300 users). Otherwise, you're buying enterprise O365 licenses which just goes up.

We switched from SFB/Teams to slack plus. Waste of money IMO. I didn't like either of them because I don't like chat for work.

Email is really abused and extremely inefficient for most of what it's typically used for within most organisations.

I cannot up vote this enough. You can add spreadsheets to the abused and extremely inefficiently used platform, IMHO.

And I can't upvote this enough. Have you ever had to deal with MS Dynamics? shudders

Nope. Thank goodness.

My brother's company makes him use a HUGE HUGE spreadsheet for part of their Inventory processing so Management. Heck, put it in a stupid Access DB for crying out loud. But, but, but, Excel can give Management the pretty pie chart they want..

Excel can still make them pretty pie charts from any database, and can natively access Access. Not that I'd want to use Access when LibreOffice is available to work with a much better back end.