Samba problem.

2001-07-16 Thread Anthony Hardy
Hi guys! i've got 2.4.2p2 running great on multiple linux boxes . . no problem. just got a NAS in and need to set it up for backup. 1. i created a user on the NAS and granted it rights as needed to backup. 2. created a share specifically for backup and set correct rights (read only . i don't mi

Re: Samba problem.

2001-07-16 Thread Anthony Hardy
ahh . . rtfm . . thanks! Anthony "John R. Jackson" wrote: > >4. i have an entry in disklist as such: > > > >nas-1 //nas-1/back samba-comp-tar > > That's probably not right. The hostname (first field) should be the > machine that will run smbclient. It looks to me like you've pointed it > at

Re: Samba problem.

2001-07-16 Thread John R. Jackson
>4. i have an entry in disklist as such: > >nas-1 //nas-1/back samba-comp-tar That's probably not right. The hostname (first field) should be the machine that will run smbclient. It looks to me like you've pointed it at the PC (or whatever a "NAS" is). >Anthony John R. Jackson, Technical Soft

RE: Samba problem.

2001-07-16 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hey anthony, i had the same problem too.. found the answer at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amanda-users/message/9211 -edwin -Original Message- From: Anthony Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Samba problem. Hi guys

amanda+Samba problem

2002-09-10 Thread Robert Haskins
We have had amanda and Samba working for about a year now. Mysteriously a couple of weeks ago, the Samba (and local drive) backups stopped working. I can SMBOUNT the shares fine from the amanda server, but the backups fail. The error from the nightly report is: newbackup. //NETALERT/E$ lev

Odd Samba problem

2003-08-14 Thread Archie Warnock
I'm configuring amanda for the first time and it's almost working. I'm getting a failure from amcheck on one of the two Samba shares I have set up in my disklist. The only real difference I can see in the setup is that the password (in /etc/amandapass) for the one that fails contains a # char

Re: amanda+Samba problem

2002-09-10 Thread Christoph Scheeder
Hi, such efects have shown up in the past for samba-shares where (AFAIR) the estimation phase took longer then the normal timeouts in amanda would allow. I guess at the time amanda stoped working, the E$ share has grown over the triger line for this problem. There was a solution a few weeks/month

Re: Odd Samba problem

2003-08-14 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 05:54:43PM -0400, Archie Warnock wrote: > > ... . The entries in /etc/amandapass look > like this (obviously scrambled to protect real passwords): > > //pommard/MyDocuments me%foo#bar > //maranges/PrisDocs metoo%foobar > > Note that this command works fine: > > smbclie

Re: Odd Samba problem

2003-08-14 Thread Archie Warnock
Jon LaBadie wrote: That appears to terminate at the octothorpe (formal name for #). Thus your password would not be foo#bar but foo. If I understand it correctly, this is a limitation in the "amanda-valid" passwords and is not correctable by quoting etc. Just to finish the thread, I managed to fine

Re: Odd Samba problem

2003-08-14 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 12:11:03PM -0400, Archie Warnock wrote: > Jon LaBadie wrote: > >That appears to terminate at the octothorpe (formal name for #). > >Thus your password would not be foo#bar but foo. > > > >If I understand it correctly, this is a limitation in the "amanda-valid" > >passwords a

Re: Odd Samba problem

2003-08-14 Thread Archie Warnock
Jon LaBadie wrote: If I understand it correctly, this is a limitation in the "amanda-valid" passwords and is not correctable by quoting etc. Ugh... OK - thanks. -- Archie -- Archie Warnock Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- A/WWW Enterpriseshttp://www.awcubed