[BackupPC-users] backuppc broken for backing up windows with samba

2009-02-24 Thread asethi
This problem is apparently with the latest Samba version. I am trying to figure out how to downgrade the Samba on my Lenny install to 3.02 (from the 3.2 which is currently installed with Lenny) +-- |This was sent by ase...@int

[BackupPC-users] backuppc broken for backing up windows with samba

2009-02-24 Thread asethi
I thought this was a pretty serious bug as Samba backups are just plain broken in the latest release. I am trying to look for a way to downgrade my installation now. +-- |This was sent by ase...@intelligenx.com via Backup Cent

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc broken for backing up windows with samba

2009-02-20 Thread tmassey
Jason Holubiw wrote on 02/20/2009 06:58:44 PM: > I would prefer samba because it requires no special configuration or > software installation on the clients, which is a nice plus. > > I may end up looking at SFU though... Rsyncd requires exactly 4 files: rsync.exe cygwin1.dll

[BackupPC-users] backuppc broken for backing up windows with samba

2009-02-20 Thread asethi
I upgraded to Lenny and it did this backuppc upgrade as part of it. I tried using the upgraded config.pl which has the -N samba fix, but it doesn't work. Basically, like everyone is saying, samba backups are broken because it is dumping the last directory twice: NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOU

[BackupPC-users] backuppc broken for backing up windows with samba

2009-02-20 Thread asethi
This is a new error as of at least version 3.1. I was running Etch with a backport and it worked fine. I believe that was 3.0 +-- |This was sent by ase...@intelligenx.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentra

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc broken for backing up windows with samba

2009-02-20 Thread Jason Holubiw
Thanks for the suggestion. I made a share "cdrive" and adjusted the config appropriately, however the same error still occurs. I would prefer samba because it requires no special configuration or software installation on the clients, which is a nice plus. I may end up looking at SFU though... O

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc broken for backing up windows with samba

2009-02-20 Thread Jon Craig
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Jason Holubiw wrote: > > $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = { > > 'e$' => [ > > '/pictures' > > ], > I dont use smbclient myself, so this is just a WAG. Have you tried creating actual "shares" instead of using the builtin drive share (ie 'drive_c' instead of 'c$')

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc broken for backing up windows with samba

2009-02-20 Thread Jason Holubiw
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? My backups have been down for a month now... Thanks. On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Jason Holubiw wrote: > I have not found a solution to this problem, and I have found other > people that have the same issue. This problem started in January w

[BackupPC-users] backuppc broken for backing up windows with samba

2009-02-16 Thread Jason Holubiw
I have not found a solution to this problem, and I have found other people that have the same issue. This problem started in January when I moved from Fedora 8 to Fedora 9. The issue is that smbclient gets and incorrect path from backuppc when trying to backup windows clients in the Documents