> I am faced with what *must* be a very common task: to make backups of > user files on several Windows machines to the hard disk of a Linux > server I have setup several backup servers using the wonderful backuppc software. It's amazing, exactly what you are looking for and very slick. I imagine a commercial solution with the same features would be horrendously expensive. I am using 3 x 300 GB drives in a RAID5 config and backing up several servers, three of which are remote web servers. There is also a very helpful mailing list. Look no further. Chris Mason -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 1/21/2005