Re: Problems using amanda to backup SMB shares
2006-07-11 12:05:18
On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 08:46:12AM -0700, Pavel Pragin wrote:
> Example configuration (all of the files below need to be owned by user
> "amanda"):
>
> The AMANDA client software and Samba is installed on host
> "amanda_server_host". A share to be backed up called "share" is on PC
> "my-laptop". The share will be accessed via PC user "testing" and
> password "testing" and using a workgroup "workgroup".
>
> 1. The entry in the file disklist is:
>
> amanda_server_host //my-laptop/share comp-user-tar
>
> 2. In /etc/amandapass (chmod this file to "700" ) on the machine
> 'amanda_server_host':
Do not set execute permissions on a data file.
Set the permissions to 400 or 600.
>
> //my-laptop/share testing%testing workgroup
>
> 3. /etc/amandates needs to be owned by the "amanda" user and group "disk"
> and have the permissions below:
>
> -rw-r----- 1 amanda disk 35 Jul 8 19:01 amandates
>
> 4. run amcheck again and post the results
>
> Pavel Pragin
>
>
> Nathan Weston wrote:
>
> >I'm a first-time amanda user, trying to backup a linux machine and a
> >few windows shares. I went through the tutorial at
> >amanda.zmanda.com/quick-backup-setup.html, modifying things to fit my
> >setup. The linux machine seems to be ok, but I'm getting some errors
> >with the SMB share.
> >
> >The windows machine in question is lens, and the backup server is
> >penguin2. On penguin2, I have a disklist entry like this:
> >
> >penguin2.genartsi.com //lens/c comp-user-tar
> >
> >When I run amcheck, I get the following errors:
> >
> >Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> >--------------------------------
> >ERROR: penguin2.genartsi.com: [samba access error: //lens/c: Error
> >connecting to 192.168.0.43 (Permission denied): Connection to lens
> >failed: returned 1]
> >ERROR: penguin2.genartsi.com: [can not read/write /etc/amandates:
> >Permission denied]
> >Client check: 2 hosts checked in 0.136 seconds, 2 problems found
> >
> >Looking in selfcheck.debug, I see that it's running smbclient like this:
> >smbclient \\lens\c -U amanda -E -c quit
> >
> >When I run the same command manually, it prompts for a password, and
> >when I enter that it connects fine. But I don't see how amanda is
> >giving this password to smbclient (since it obviously can't prompt for
> >it). Maybe that's the problem?
> >
> >As for the second problem, I don't see anything in the .debug files
> >that gives me a clue. The permissions for /etc/amandates look like this:
> >-rw-r----- 1 amandabackup disk 0 Jul 10 17:20 /etc/amandates
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >Thanks.
> >
>
>
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