Amanda-Users

Re: Amanda and Star

2005-04-25 15:02:23
Subject: Re: Amanda and Star
From: "Bryan K. Walton" <bryanw AT weccusa DOT org>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:50:49 -0500
On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 01:29:59PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> 
> If you are using samba, you are not using gnutar.
> Samba has its own code to do "tar-like" archives.

Hi Jon,
        While we are using Samba on our network (Samba is sharing the
ACL'd files), Amanda is not using Samba to backup or restore these
files.  These ACL'd files sit on an ext3 filesystem on one of the
backup server's local hard drives.  So, amanda is using gnu tar to
backup local files that just so happen to be using Windows ACLs.

Thanks,
Bryan Walton

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