Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff to SMB share?

[Cengiz Gunay]

Hi,

I have been trying to use rdiff-backup on a Linux system to back things up
to a SMB/CIFS share on some remote server. I have been getting the same
errors regardsless of the rdiff-backup version I'm using. I also tried
using CIFS versus the regular SMBFS. Searching the mailing list led me to
find this thread. I'd appreciate any input. Here's a listing of the error
with the latest stable version of rdiff-backup, followed by my system 
info:

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address@hidden:~> rdiff-backup -v5 bin emory/cgunay/home_backup
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at bin
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
ACLs not supported on filesystem at bin
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Detected abilities for source (read only) file system:
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
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Warning: hard linking not supported by filesystem at 
emory/cgunay/home_backup/rdiff-backup-data
Directories on file system at 
emory/cgunay/home_backup/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.3 are not 
fsyncable.
Assuming it's unnecessary.
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at 
emory/cgunay/home_backup/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.3
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
ACLs not supported on filesystem at 
emory/cgunay/home_backup/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
285, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
255, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
296, in Backup
    backup_set_fs_globals(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
418, in backup_set_fs_globals
    dest_fsa = rpout.conn.fs_abilities.get_fsabilities_readwrite(
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", 
line 408, in get_fsabilities_readwrite
    return FSAbilities(desc_string).init_readwrite(
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", 
line 155, in init_readwrite
    if override_chars_to_quote is None: self.set_chars_to_quote(subdir)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", 
line 266, in set_chars_to_quote
    sanity_check()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", 
line 262, in sanity_check
    rp.touch()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 
840, in touch
    self.conn.open(self.path, "w").close()
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 
'emory/cgunay/home_backup/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.3/5-_ a.'
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My system info:
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# uname -a
Linux laotse 2.4.21-291-smp #1 SMP Tue May 24 10:54:02 UTC 2005 x86_64 
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# rdiff-backup -V
rdiff-backup 1.0.3
# python -V
Python 2.3+
# cat /etc/SuSE-release
SuSE Linux 9.0 (x86-64)
VERSION = 9.0
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Thanks in advance,
Cengiz Gunay
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