source is a debian build, share is a readynas. i've been getting
rsync: mkstemp 'filename goes here' failed: Not a directory (20)
errors. rsync is v3.0. i believe this is related to the dovecot
file
naming convention that includes characters such as ':' in the
filename. anyone else seeing similar behavior? a workaround? i
can
go to different backup strategies, but rsync is cheap and effective
for
my needs. thanks,
The problem I encountered with cifs is that could not be compatible
with unix
permissions and sometimes also fails setting directory date/time
When I backup on cifs either I use rsync and disable those features
or I
tar-gzip each mailbox and copy it.
thanks for the feedback. i see the same problems w/ cifs. scripting
this is turning out to be slightly more subtle than i thought.
various combinations of rsync --delete, rsync --dry-run, tar, etc.
_may_ be viable. unfortunately it looks like cifs also barks at some
of the unix tar permissions, so i may turn the whole process around
and run it from the rsync server on the NAS, though that also has
issues.
-SM-
