> The check command results in the same error as the > check-destination-dir.
Oops, I meant '--check-destination-dir', not '--check'. There is no '--check' rdiff-backup option, but rdiff-backup is clever enough to see you really wanted to use '--check-destination-dir' > > rdiff-backup is started locally. Not sure if we're missing each other. When I said log into the remote machine and run rdiff-backup locally, I meant locally on the other machine. ie: 1) ssh $REMOTEHOST 2) rdiff-backup -v 5 --check-destination-dir $DESTINATION_DIR rdiff-backup is now running against the same files as in your original post, but it is now able to set extended attributes, create hardlinks etc, because it has direct access to the ext3 filesystem, rather than going through the limited virtual filesystem under the cifs mountpoint. >I cannot install nfs on that machine, > but I can rsync all the stuff to another directory (ext3) and run the > check command there. > That should work also. But it won't fix the warnings (inability to do xattrs etc) you'll still be getting by trying to run rdiff-backup onto a cifs mount. I have another question: Was your rdiff-backup to a cifs mount working before? It's possible that rdiff-backup works fine to a cifs (with warnings about fs limitations), but the regressing doesn't. There's a fair chance that the regressing logic isn't as well tested as the main backup logic. In which case you will need to remember to ssh into the remote server to fix rdiff-backup problems. My suggestion is that you change your setup into a "pull" rather than a "push". ie install rdiff-backup on the remote host (backup server I presume) and run it there instead. If you can't do that, then (since rsync is installed on the remote host), try running rdiff-backup to a local directory (if you have space for it. You can play tricks with rsync and hardlinks if space is an issue), then rsync (with appropriate options) your rdiff-backup data over to the remote server for backup purposes. Preferably bypass the cifs mountpoint entirely, rsync will do a better job of preserving permssions, ownerships etc. But rsyncing to the cifs share should work also. However you do it, check that you are able to restore from the remote backup (including earlier snapshots). _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki