Samba problems with file xcopy

[M.Hockings]

dalen wrote:

> M.Hockings wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to do some quick backups from a Win2K laptop to a Fedora 
>> Core 1 desktop but it ain't working.  The backups are just a bunch of 
>> xcopy's. Most of them run fine but two fail and I don't understand 
>> why.  It appears that xcopy is attempting to create directories in 
>> both cases.  When I run the backup targeting a Win98 desktop there is 
>> no problem.  Any ideas as to what the problem might be?
>>
>> d:\>xcopy /S /Z /V /Q /Y /I /H /R /D /EXCLUDE:d:\bat\bu2x.exclude 
>> d:\ApplicationData\*  \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\
>> Access denied Unable to create directory - 
>> \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\nof7\Templates\MXTemplates
>> 0 File(s) copied
>>
>> d:\>xcopy /S /Z /V /Q /Y /I /H /R /D "D:\Program Files\NetObjects 
>> Fusion 7\*"  \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\programfiles\nof7
>> Access denied Unable to create directory - 
>> \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\programfiles\nof7\Components\ApollonComponents 
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>
>
> Mike,
>     The access denied error makes me think of permission issues.  Try 
> (from the laptop)
> mkdir \\fc1\backups\ApplicationData\nof7\Templates\MXTemplates
> If this fails, you need to adjust smb.conf or directory permissions on 
> fc1.
>
> Is MXTemplates the actual directory name or just the first part as in 
> is "MXTemplates Folder yadda yadda"?  It could be a problem with spaces.
>
> If it is not either of these, you might try smbtar.  See man smbtar 
> fro details.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dale

Hi Dale,

MXTemplates is the name of the file.  I can create the directory from 
the command line in Windows with no problem but the xcopy from Win2K 
still fails with the same error.  I'll re-check permissions though other 
xcopy calls have created hundreds of other directories and probably 
thousands of files but it gets stuck on these.

I'm trying to initiate the copy from Windows so Linux commands probably 
would not help.  Hmmm, I do have cygwin installed here....

Kind regards,

Mike