Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Cannot backup a windows network drive

2009-04-17 15:11:51
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Cannot backup a windows network drive
From: Arno Lehmann <al AT its-lehmann DOT de>
To: "bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net" <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:05:15 +0200
Hi,

17.04.2009 15:50, Michael Patzer wrote:
> Hi Gabriele,
> 
> i've fixed that by
> 
> RunClientBeforeJob = c:/bacula/net-use.cmd
> 
> and the script contains:
> 
> net use /delete X:
> net use X: \\cifsXY\fs1$

Which is one valid solution to the underlying problem, which is that 
system services don't have access to user-mounted shares. Which, in my 
opinion, is a reasonable security feature.

Arno

> regards,
> michael
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Gabriele Bulfon [mailto:gbulfon AT sonicle DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:20 PM
> To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Subject: [Bacula-users] Cannot backup a windows network drive
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I have a Solaris server running bacula-dir & bacula-sd.
> I'm having trouble backing up data from a windows NAS share.
> I can't install the bacula agent into the NAS, and this NAS supports only 
> SMB/CIFS (no NFS).
> So I mapped a network drive T from a win2003 server on the NAS share (this 
> win2003 server already runs bacula agent to backup its local E:\ drive).
> Then I changed the Solaris director configuration's FileSet to backup T:\ 
> after E:\.
> Bacula complains that access is denied on T:\
> 
>>>From the win2003 point of view, if I go into Computer and open the T drive, 
>>>I can do anything.
> I thought it was some kind of permissions problem, so I checked the bacula-fd 
> service and changed
> the running user from System to Administrator.
> Nothing changed.
> 
> What may be the problem?
> Thanx a lot,
> Gabriele.
> 
> 
> 
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