I pulled this comment from my disklist file: # PCs via Samba # If you edit this section, you must also edit ./amandapass # To test a new entry, use the commands: # smbclient '\\HOST\backup' PASSWORD -d 3 -U USER -c 'recurse;dir' # amcheck -c daily
The smbclient command is what the estimation phase sends to the PC. By running it from a command prompt, you usually can find the problem. Don't forget to replace HOST, PASSWORD, and USER when running the command. On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 14:38, Jeffery Smith wrote: > I will give that a try tomorrow (the ntbackup approach). Sounds like a > great idea. > > I double checked the "backup" account on the Win2k box. It is in the > administrators group, so I am fairly certain is has full control. I > failed to mention in my last reply that the drive on this one is NTFS, > not FAT. Your ntbackup approach sounds perfect as I believe that would > preserve all the permissions. I am not sure how the smbclient approach > handles permissions, etc. I will try the backup again tomorrow with a > subdirectory instead of the entire disk. If I can get that to work, I > will use your ntbackup idea. > > I also checked the Win95 box again and I have the share set to > full-control. I'm not sure what is going on there. Of course this > drive is FAT32. > > I am completely baffled. If I mount the shares on zeus, I have no > problems. I can move around and copy files and everything seems fine. > I didn't think of checking the samba lists...I will take a peek over > there tomorrow, too...it's been a long day. > > Thanks again for your help! > > Jeff > > On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 16:25, Richard B. Tilley (Brad) wrote: > > On the 2000 box, be certain that the user that smbclient uses to access > > the share has full-control over the files within that share. In order to > > avoid this problem, I us ntbackup to create an archive of all the files > > that I want backed-up and then only allow access to the user that > > amanda/smbclient uses to get to that file. And, I give that user > > full-control. If possible, it's best to create a separate partition > > formated NTFS so you can control access. > > > > I do this on 75 2000 boxes without problems. I have an old 95 box that > > used to display the same error that you listed, but when I set its share > > to full-control, the error stopped and amanda worked just fine. I read > > someplace once (a long time ago) that the user that smbclient uses to > > access the shares has to have write/change ability in order to do > > incrementals. > > > > Maybe someone else (more familiar with this) can go into this more. Try > > the samba list too. > > > > -- > +----------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Jeffery Smith - Systems Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Sky Computers, Inc. (www.skycomputers.com) | > +----------------------------------------------------------------+ > -- Tom Schutter (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Platte River Associates, Inc. (http://www.platte.com)
