Robert: I too had problems performing backups of XP machines using Samba. The way I finally fixed it was to use the connect string in a terminal to connect to the the share with samba rather than through Nautilus (file browser in Ubuntu distro). I assume you are using an file browser of some kind to test your connection with samba. Have a look at this page http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/debugXfer.html , it helped me. It turns out that I did not include the correct username and password in my configuration file.
Secondly, when a backup would start it would eventually bomb because Windows allows file names that are illegal in linux. I am not sure but my theory is that after a whole bunch of errors backuppc just bombs out. This post here lists exclusions that really helped me out. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30038283&forum_id=503 <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30038283&forum_id=503> On that same subject it seems I saw a posting in this mailing list where someone said that they rename everything that ends up being illegal. I have not returned to study this closer yet. Also I have a main configuration file and a per machine config file for each machine. On the per machine config I went through and removed all the configuration directives that did not apply to the XP machine and removed any that were defaults for all machines. I am now getting my backups every night since last weekend. Hope this helps... Eric Snyder Robert G. Ristroph wrote: > Hi, > I am setting my first instance of BackupPC. I have a CentOS > 4.3 server and I would like to backup a Windows XP computer. > > I tried to make the BackupPC use the smb transport. I made > the windows machine have a share called "backup" and I made > sure I could see it with smbclient. When I click on the start > full backup button, it doesn't work -- here is what is in the LOG: > > 2006-08-15 19:39:56 full backup started for share backup > 2006-08-15 19:39:58 Got fatal error during xfer (tree connect failed: > NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED) > 2006-08-15 19:40:03 Backup aborted (tree connect failed: > NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED) > > and here is what is says in the Last bad Xfer LOG: > > Contents of file /home/backuppc/data/pc/192.168.1.34/XferLOG.bad.z, modified > 2006-08-15 19:40:03 > > Running: /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\192.168.1.34\\backup -U -E -N -d 1 -c > tarmode\ full -Tc - > Xfer PIDs are now 10759,10758 > Domain=[MSHOME] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] > tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED > Domain=[MSHOME] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] > tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED > tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 > filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal > Got fatal error during xfer (tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED) > Backup aborted (tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED) > > > Now, if I take that smbclient command and paste it to the > command line, either as root or as the backuppc user, it works > -- at least I presume it works, because endless junk characters > go by on the screen until I hit control-C. > > Since I couldn't figure out that, I then thought of using > another method. I could mount the directories with smbmount, > and then tar from the mount point. That is probably what I > will do if you guys don't have any other suggestions. > > Thanks, > > --Rob > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
