Todd!
> Marty says his samba setup works, but because of the fallback from wins to
> broadcast the lookup takes longer than amanda is willing to wait. Amanda
> times out and as far as amanda is concerned, smbclient failed. I'm not
> even sure what the implications of this are or how to make it work more
> efficiently, I'm just interpreting what he stated.
>
> Marty, is this correct?
That is correct. However I said it, not Marty as you've already noted.
All I'm saying (in my own obtuse way) is that it appears "weird" that
amanda/smbclient don't always get along with each other. At the moment
it's going to be easier to work around this "smbclient" behaviour
because this version of smbclient is going to be in production for a
reasonable time yet.
Simply pointing out that "it's Samba's fault" isn't at all helpful even
if it is true. Telling someone that "it's in the FAQ" when they've taken
the time to attempt to help someone on the list isn't at all helpful
even if the answer is in the FAQ. If you're going to tell people that
it's in the FAQ or to read a manual you really should post a URL or some
sort of indicator where the FAQ or manual is...
I don't think I need to continue this thread any further; I'll just go
along and help out where I can. If some people notice that I'm repeating
the FAQ at http://www.amanda.org/ then so be it. They can stay silent...
DSL
--
There's a sad face in the mirror
And I'm sad to say it's me
Like a ghost up in the attic
Only love can set met free...
