"Stevens, Julian C" wrote:
>
> I was doing some tests with amanda 2.4.1p1 and samba 2.06 the other day and
> noticed a strange error.
>
> Following the backup I renamed some of the NT files which had been backed up
> and then recovered these files using amrecover. I got the files back without
> any difficulty but our external auditor pointed out that the timestamps were
> exactly one hour behind the original, renamed, files!
>
> As it happens, the Solaris amanda server/samba client is running GMT time, but
> the NT workstations operate with daylight saving, which currently puts them an
> hour ahead.
>
It's a SAMBA issue. I don't think it has to do with AMANDA. I have it
here too. My Windblows client's RTC is set in GMT, its Windblows also,
the Linux boxes' RTC is also GMT, but they operate on the "Berlin" time
zone. Mount a SAMBA filesystem on a Windblows machine and you will see
that the time difference is there for all the files. I didn't bother
much about it. Now that you ask, I see two solutions to this:
- Use the "time offset = x" command in smb.conf. This specifies the
number of minutes to add to the normal GMT to local time conversion
value. This lets SAMBA correctly synchronize the time.
- Make the SAMBA server a time server, using the NET TIME command in a
batch file in all the clients.
If you try and succeed, especially the first, tell me too, so I can get
rid of this too ;-)
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