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This is what I had in mind, John.<br>
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Thanks to both John and Julian.<br>
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steve<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/30/2013 10:03 AM, John Cooper
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<div>I created a symbolic link for /var/zendto pointing at
/data/zendto on a different partition.
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i.e.
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mv <i class=""><span class="">/</span>var/zendto /data<span
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ln -s /data/zendto /var/zendto
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ls -al /var
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lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Sep 13 2011 zendto -> <i
class=""><span class="">/</span>data/zendto<span class="">/</span></i>
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Using an NFS directory would be the same procedure
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e.g. Using automount to directory /net/nasserver/data/zendto
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and CIFs too.
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Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 13:51, Jules Field
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<div class="y_msg_container">I would just put /var/zendto
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On 30/10/2013 13:29, Steve Campbell wrote:<br
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> Jules,<br clear="none">
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> Are you saying the /var partition needs to be on
the NAS? Symbolic links<br clear="none">
> OK for pointing from the local /var/zendto to the 3
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> thanks for the reply.<br clear="none">
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> steve<br clear="none">
> On 10/30/2013 8:14 AM, Jules wrote:<br clear="none">
>> The important bit is that<br clear="none">
>> /var/zendto/dropoffs<br clear="none">
>> /var/zendto/incoming<br clear="none">
>> /var/zendto/library<br clear="none">
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>> As long as that's okay, you should be able to
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>> Jules.<br clear="none">
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>> On 29/10/2013 17:54, Steve Campbell wrote:<br
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>>> I was just wondering if it matters if I use
a CIFS (as defined by<br clear="none">
>>> Webmin) mount for storage? I've got some
servers that are no longer in<br clear="none">
>>> use with older Raid cards in them. The size
of drives they handle is no<br clear="none">
>>> where near the capacity I would have with
the CIFS- mounted Buffalo<br clear="none">
>>> TerraStations.<br clear="none">
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>>> Thanks for any opinions.<br clear="none">
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>>> steve campbell<br clear="none">
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ymailto="mailto:ZendTo@zend.to"
href="mailto:ZendTo@zend.to">ZendTo@zend.to</a><br
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>>> Jules<br clear="none">
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>>> Julian Field MEng MBCS CITP CEng<br
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>>> 'I have lost friends, some by death ...
others through sheer inability<br clear="none">
>>> to cross the street.' - Viginia Woolf<br
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>>> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.Zend.To">www.Zend.To</a><br clear="none">
>>> Twitter: @JulesFM<br clear="none">
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