i have had a similar problem with windows vista. i am running deltacopy as
my rsyncd on the vista machine and have it running as the local adinistrator
account. i cannot share my Users and my Docs and settings folders because i
get these errors or other errors claiming the path and filename are too
long. my workarround is to share my specific User
folder(c:/Users/loginname) and pointing backuppc at that folder, then i dont
get the errors...
anyone else have more efficient workarounds?
On 10/9/07, John R. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm attempting to add a new laptop, which runs Microsoft Vista, to an
> older existing BackupPC setup using the rsyncd method. The log lists 21,000
> errors similar to the ones clipped to the end of this note. One's attention
> is drawn to a recursive directory structure, namely:
> .../Application Data/Application Data/.../Application Data/....
>
> This recursive structure has been copied into the backup database, to the
> extent that the file-name-length limit was not exceeded. Now I know that the
> indicated next steps are to upgrade BackupPC, upgrade Perl, upgrade rsync,
> and try again; but I am also curious. What is going on here?
>
> Here are a few other clues.
> . The BackupPC and rsync configurations are copied from those for a
> Windows XP computer that has normal backup behavior.
> . The Vista "C:\Documents and Settings" directory has attributes "HSN" and
> even an administrator account has insufficient privleges to explore it.
> . (ditto) the "C:\Users\All Users\Application Data" directory
> . I suspect the "gdrive" is a contraction of "cygdrive" though I doubt
> this suspicion is relevant.
>
> Craig, many thanks for your invaluable program, which allowed for a full
> recovery of the data from a stolen laptop.
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Contents of file /backup/BackupPC/pc/thinkpad/XferLOG.0.z, modified
> 2007-10-09 13:35:44 (Extracting only Errors)
>
> Connected to 192.168.1.4:873, remote version 28
> Connected to module C
> Sending args: --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group
> --devices --links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive
> --exclude=/$Recycle.Bin --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/temp --exclude=
> Content.IE5 --exclude=/My Music --exclude=Cache --exclude=/dllcache
> --exclude=Prefetch --ignore-times . .
> Remote[2]: cannot send long-named file
> "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application
> Data/Adobe/Acrobat/8.0/Replicate/Security/directories.acroda" (in C)
> Remote[1]: readlink "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and
> Settings/All Users/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Adobe/Acrobat/8.0/Replicate/Security" (in C) failed: File name too long
> Remote[1]: readlink "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and
> Settings/All Users/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Adobe/Updater5/AdobeESDGlobalApps.xml" (in C) failed: File name too
> long
> Remote[1]: readlink "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and
> Settings/All Users/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Adobe/Acrobat" (in C) failed: File name too long
> Remote[1]: readlink "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and
> Settings/All Users/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Adobe/Updater5" (in C) failed: File name too long
> Remote[1]: readlink "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and
> Settings/All Users/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data" (in C) failed: File name too long
> Remote[2]: cannot send long-named file
> "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Desktop/Lenovo
> Regist" (in C)
> Remote[2]: cannot send long-named file
> "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Desktop/ThinkVantage
> " (in C)
> Remote[2]: cannot send long-named file
> "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Documents/AccConnAdva" (in C)
> Remote[2]: cannot send long-named file
> "gdrive/c/Windows/system32/c:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application
> Data/Documents/AccConnBasi" (in C)
>
> --
> John R. Myers / P.O. Box 1722 / Westminster, CA 92684 / USA
> tel. +1 714 901-3672
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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