On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:50:14 +0900 Mark Fletcher <mark2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It looks like what got stored on the NAS is not exactly what was > originally on the host. This is a huge problem for me as it means I > can't rely on backups dumped on that device. Is there something wrong > with the way I am mounting the NAS that is leading to this? > Probably. I'd guess it is a matter of permissions. If you create the archive elsewhere, copy it to the NAS, copy it back again, presumably there is no difficulty. I also use a Buffalo NAS, but my backups are created on my server, then copied. It is possible that if the compression and expansion is done on the NAS, that a temp file involved may not have the correct permissions to write, or more likely, amend. But is your backup not running under cron as root? Out of curiosity, I've just compressed and restored a 200MB folder on the NAS from Nautilus on my workstation, logged in as a normal user. I haven't confirmed the accuracy of the copy, but I got no error messages and I can read individual files. I can't delete either the archive or the restored directory, as they are owned by root and have -r-xrwSrwt and dr-xrwSrwt permissions respectively. These will be a function of the NAS cifs server, quite possibly samba. I have no problem deleting them while running mc as root. I've also archived a 285MB folder from the workstation to the NAS and restored it to the workstation, again without problems. I'm afraid I have rather lazy fstab entries for the NAS shares, which I probably ought to fix, but they are also shared with Windows machines and I recall having a rather difficult time getting everything working at the same time. It is difficult working up the enthusiasm to have another go with the aim of a more secure result. //buffalo/Backups /mnt/buffalo/Backups cifs user,guest,noperm,dir_mode=0x777,file_mode=0x777,rw This should at least provide a starting point. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120729203246.5e0b2...@jretrading.com