[rdiff-backup-users] Problem running against smb mounted filesystems w/changes in backup directory.

[Joe Baker]

I have some scripts which regularly mount windows C drives onto 
/mnt/machines/machinename.
Next an rdiff-backup process runs.

I've noticed a couple instances where a file INDEX.html wasn't getting 
updated to the archive.

It may have been caused by running Nautilus in the directory which 
created some sort of icons.db file in the rdiff-backup backup 
directory.  Maybe this is a clue to why the files weren't being backed 
up.  However there were no errors when the backup job ran.

We had another instance which may have also been caused by such new 
files being introduced into the backup directory.  I'm keeping an eye on 
the problem.  I'm thinking of adding reporting features to my scripts 
which would send each user a summary report indicating the files that 
have changed in their file space within the last day (using the 
--list-changed-since 1D  option.
rdiff-backup version 0.13.4
rsync version 2.6.3
Samba 3.0.4  ( I know it's old .. running in ldap compatibility mode 
with 2.x schema )

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/Joe Baker/
Network Administrator
NEL Frequency Controls, Inc.