On Monday 22 December 2003 15:52, jessica blackburn wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I'm trying to back up an NT file system using a Linux file system. 
> I currently run amanda on my linux machine, however, i'm having
> numerous problems attempting to get the nt systems backed-up.  i've
> tried both the amanda win32 and the samba and cannot get either to
> work.  using samba i am able to look at the linux machine from the
> nt machine but i've been unsuccessful the other way.  when using
> the win32 i am getting the error host down and 1 problem found.
>
>any recommendations on which approach to take and how best to tackle
>this?
>
>any and all help is greatly appreciated!!
>
>thanks!
>
>jess
>
>Hirzel Canning Company
>Northwood, OH
>jblackburn AT hirzel DOT com

I take it that you are not aware that the NT filesystem is rated read 
only by the linux drivers?  I do not know if thats because its such a 
moving target, or if doing the correct write things requires using 
something patented by M$.

However, I'd investigate the latest cifs, aka samba stuff, and see if 
a bridge could be built using it.  Make sure you are using the latest 
cifs release on the NT box, and the latest samba 3.0something on the 
amanda server.  That might have a chance of working.

There is also another group whose name escapes me ATM, who have had 
some success getting amanda as a client to work on windows boxes, so 
you might want to investigate that route too.

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