Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Error When Backing up to samba share on ubuntu 8.10 via smbfs on Mac OS X

2009-03-30 Thread Nathan Aschbacher
Well I managed to get SMB access working somehow. A combination of unix extensions = no in the global space of my samba configuration, building the proper driver for my NIC on the linux server, and luck. I also got netatalk setup and running for AFP access, and installed rdiff-backup on

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Error When Backing up to samba share on ubuntu 8.10 via smbfs on Mac OS X

2009-03-30 Thread Andrew Ferguson
Hi Nathan, Thanks so much for doing the testing. I had not expected those results. Of course, the more interesting test is when you do a backup in which there are dozens of changes scattered across the files. That is where the rsync algorithm is supposed to be helpful -- it trades

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Error When Backing up to samba share on ubuntu 8.10 via smbfs on Mac OS X

2009-03-29 Thread Nathan Aschbacher
Hi Andrew, Sorry for the delay. I tried to run it with 1.3.3 and here's what I got: HotPlate:~ nathan$ rdiff-backup -v 5 ~/Desktop/ /Volumes/Insurance/ Backup/ Using rdiff-backup version 1.3.3 Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package. POSIX ACLs not supported on filesystem at

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Error When Backing up to samba share on ubuntu 8.10 via smbfs on Mac OS X

2009-03-29 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Mar 29, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Nathan Aschbacher wrote: The rm tgt fails, well not exactly. It runs without an error the first time, but some kind of problem occurs on OS X where the file won't stay deleted, it immediately reappears. Once it reappears two problems occur. First, if you

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Error When Backing up to samba share on ubuntu 8.10 via smbfs on Mac OS X

2009-03-23 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Mar 20, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Nathan Aschbacher wrote: I've tried several versions of rdiff-backup (up through 1.3.3) and several versions of Python (up through 2.6.1). I believe the issues relates to symbolic links based on the error. It seems to fail when doing its destination

[rdiff-backup-users] Error When Backing up to samba share on ubuntu 8.10 via smbfs on Mac OS X

2009-03-21 Thread Nathan Aschbacher
I've tried several versions of rdiff-backup (up through 1.3.3) and several versions of Python (up through 2.6.1). I believe the issues relates to symbolic links based on the error. It seems to fail when doing its destination capability tests when it fails to delete the temp symlink.

[rdiff-backup-users] Error When Backing up to samba share on ubuntu 8.10 via smbfs on Mac OS X

2009-03-21 Thread Nathan Aschbacher
I've tried several versions of rdiff-backup (up through 1.3.3) and several versions of Python (up through 2.6.1). I believe the issues relates to symbolic links based on the error. It seems to fail when doing its destination capability tests when it fails to delete the temp symlink.

[rdiff-backup-users] Error When Backing up to samba share on ubuntu 8.10 via smbfs on Mac OS X

2009-03-20 Thread Nathan Aschbacher
I've tried several versions of rdiff-backup (up through 1.3.3) and several versions of Python (up through 2.6.1). I believe the issues relates to symbolic links based on the error. It seems to fail when doing its destination capability tests when it fails to delete the temp symlink.

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Error When Backing up to samba share on ubuntu 8.10 via smbfs on Mac OS X

2009-03-20 Thread Andrew Ferguson
On Mar 20, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Nathan Aschbacher wrote: I've tried several versions of rdiff-backup (up through 1.3.3) and several versions of Python (up through 2.6.1). I believe the issues relates to symbolic links based on the error. It seems to fail when doing its destination