Samba problems with file xcopy
Sturla Holm Hansen
sturlahh at online.no
Wed Jan 14 22:25:18 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 23:10, M.Hockings wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
>
>
Then script the backup in cygwin/bash and se what happens...
Sturla
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