Hi,

I'm really interrested in having more infos about it.
I would know is there's anyway to backup fork ressources (like mac
aliases) from a Windows 2000 server NAS.

Regards, Adam.


Adam Compton a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I am having issues with restoring Mac OS X resource forks stored on a 
> HFS+ filesystem. I noticed while researching the problem that a post to 
> bacula-devel[1] mentioned that HFS+ resource fork restoration was broken 
> as of early December last year. I'm curious to know if this is still the 
> case, or if I have a different problem. I was unable to find a bug 
> related to HFS+ support in the bug database, but that may very well be 
> because I am not familiar with its use.
>
> I have a Linux director[2] and storage daemon[3], and file daemons of 
> all shapes and colors (Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows). The Mac OS X file 
> daemon[4] is set to back up the system to a pool of file volumes on the 
> storage daemon (as are the other file daemons). I've included the 
> director configuration file for this client at [5]. When I try to 
> restore a file with a resource fork, I get the file (restored to 
> /tmp/bacula-restores by default), but no resource fork. The SplitForks 
> utility provided with the Developer Tools does not notice a resource 
> fork worth creating an AppleDouble file for, and doing a ls of the 
> resource fork (ls -l filename/rsrc) shows a size of zero. Also, the 
> console message for the successful restore command tells me that a total 
> of X bytes were restored, being exactly equal to the number of bytes in 
> the data fork of the file, instead of the size of the data fork and the 
> resource fork like I'd expect.
>
> If it is the case that HFS+ resource fork support is still broken, I'd 
> be more than happy to help test any fixes, although I don't know that 
> I'd be able to contribute much in the way of code. If it has been fixed, 
> is there any way for me to verify that resource forks are being backed 
> up properly, and are there any special procedures that I need to take in 
> order to restore them?
>
> Thanks in advance for your time.
>
> Adam Compton
> Network Administrator
> Sierra Canyon School
>
> [1] 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.bacula.devel/7662/match=hfs
> [2] hercules-dir Version: 2.0.3 (06 March 2007) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu gentoo
> [3] hercules-sd Version: 2.0.3 (06 March 2007) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu gentoo
> [4] hestia-fd Version: 2.0.2 (28 January 2007)  
> powerpc-apple-darwin8.8.0 darwin 8.8.0
> [5] bacula-dir-hestia-fd.conf:
>
> #   Client Config   #
> Client {
>   Name = hestia-fd
>   Address = hestia
>   FDPort = 9102
>   Catalog = MyCatalog
>   Password = <redacted>
>   File Retention = 2 weeks
>   Job Retention = 1 week
>   AutoPrune = yes
> }
>
> #   Jobs Config   #
> Job {
>   Name = "Hestia OS"
>   JobDefs = "Default OS Job"
>   Client = hestia-fd
>   FileSet = "Hestia OS FileSet"
> }
>
> #   FileSet Config   #
> FileSet {
>   Name = "Hestia OS FileSet"
>   Include {
>     Options {
>       signature = MD5
>       sparse = yes
>       compression = GZIP
>       hfsplussupport = yes
>     }
>     File = /
>   }
>   Exclude {
>     # Be sure to put the excluded files from Carbon Copy Cloner in here too
>     File = /StudentHomes
>     File = "/Shared Items"
>
> <snip>
>
>     File = /Volumes
>     File = /.hotfiles.btree
>   }
> }
>
>
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