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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam
Goryachev
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:39 PM
To: Backuppc-Users (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems getting Samba connection to work - XP
Eric Snyder wrote:
Yes, I created a user called backup
Eric writes:
I did notice that there was no compression of files even though
compression was set to default 3. This may be a misunderstanding
on my part of how BackupPC works (maybe compression only works
using tar or rsync, I don't know).
If you haven't installed Compress::Zlib then
Yes, I created a user called backup and they are a member of the
backup operators group. I gave that user a password. I am not escaping
the $ but use a command similar to what you show below and get
NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED. Again, If I change the command from
/usr/bin/smbclient gandolf\\C$
Quickly try making backup an administrator and re-run the smbclient
command. If it's a permission thing, this will solve it for sure. (In
which case, you'll have to figure out what permission Backup Operators
lack... perhaps access for C$ has been restricted or broken. You could
try
Eric Snyder wrote:
Yes, I created a user called backup and they are a member of the
backup operators group. I gave that user a password. I am not escaping
the $ but use a command similar to what you show below and get
NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED. Again, If I change the command from
Addition...
I can connect to a specific share (Eric) on gandolf like this:
/usr/bin/smbclient gandolf\\Eric -U backuppc
When I list the shares on gandolf by using
/usr/bin/smbclient -Lgandolf -U backuppc
both Eric and C$ show up.
It seems that when I try to connect to C$ that is when I run
I have found the following in the documentation:
All Windows NT based OS (NT, 2000, XP Pro), are configured by default to
share the entire C drive as C$. This is a special share used for various
administration functions, one of which is to grant access to backup
operators. All you need to do
On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 15:02, Eric Snyder wrote:
In windows I have added a user named backup and have added them to
the built in Backup Operators group. I tried to connect using the
terminal from my linux machine and still could not. I added the backup
user to the password file using
I have successfully backed up my localhost machine that BackupPC is
installed on so I know that it is working. I cannot connect to an XP
machine using Samba as transfer method. I have searched and searched and
cannot find what I need.
Using the following commands in a terminal su'd as
