Ive been running SME since Christmas as a small business server and am very impressed with it. Had a few problems with POP mail collection (fetchmail reported socket errors and I received the same emails bout 20 times) but now everything's moved over to SMTP and happy
Now I'm feeling a bit adventurous and have a few questions about possible cron scripts:
Firstly, backup. As the server is a home/office file and email server, it's got a lot of important files on it. The server does have dual HDDs in (software) RAID 1, but this doesn't stop someone from accidentally deleting anything. Could I make a script to copy /home/e-smith/files/ibays/sharing/<folder> to /root/<folder> so no one can touch it at, say, 6 each morning? Before the copy took place, ideally I'd like some sort of size compare, along the lines of 'if the folder is bigger than last time, copy it, if not then don't and email the admin' - is this possible?
Secondly, because I'm using a nice small MicroATX case (with one of those fanless VIA Epia motherboards) I want to keep an eye on HDD temperatures. I've downloaded and installed hddtemp, and have symlinked /usr/bin/hardtemp to 'hddtemp -q /dev/hda /dev/hdc' for a one-command temperature check. Could I stick something else into the cron tab that runs hardtemp every hour and then puts the results into a daily log or something?
Thanks a lot,
Chris.
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