I am using Backuppc dpkg Version 2.1.2-6. Is there no way to choose an external smbshare as destination path for backupfiles?
In the latest versions of backuppc you can choose the path in the config.pl isnt it? Stefan >> I would like to cp "/var/lib/backuppc" to a smb-share but I got >> still the following error: >> cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/backuppc/log/BackupPC.sock': >> Permission denied >> >> This seems to be a smb-issue? > >Yes, Samba doesn't support all features that are supported by Unix- >style file systems. Things like sockets, hardlinks and symlinks won't >work for instance. Copying your BackupPC pool to a Samba share isn't >really going to work. You can create tar archives for backups and put >those on a Samba share though. > >Nils Breunese. _______________________________________________________________________ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 30 Tage kostenlos testen. http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/startseite/?mc=022220 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
