# Example configuration file for ReaR to create a USB recovery drive # and backup to a cifs (Samba/Windows) network drive. # Ensure Samba is installed and the smbd daemon is loaded before running rear. # Create a USB recovery drive. # The drive needs to be formatted with 'rear format /dev/sdX' first: OUTPUT=USB # Specify the device to use (e.g. /dev/sdb1): USB_DEVICE=/dev/sdXN # Backup to a network share: BACKUP=NETFS # When using CIFS as backup/output destination make sure that cifs-utils package is installed # Path to the cifs share: BACKUP_URL=cifs://server/share # Username and password of a valid Samba/Active Directory user: BACKUP_OPTIONS="username=sambauser,pass=password" # Use DHCP to get an address before recovery: USE_DHCLIENT=yes