On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:37:52AM -0700, Paddy Sreenivasan wrote:
> On 6/14/06, Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> wrote:
> >I only recently noticed the -N option to smbtar
> >(-TN for smbclient).  This allows backups based
> >on a file's timestamp being newer than a control
> >file.
> >
> >Using the archive bit, as is now done, has several
> >problems. For example, other apps might change the
> >archive bit and using it as the control only allows
> >a single level of incremental.
> >
> >Has the use of the -N option for samba-based backups
> >been considered?  And maybe found wanting?
> 
> We have considered using -N option in testing.  One drawback is that we need
> to touch  a file (one file for each backup level) in the share when we
> do backup.

In my testing it seemed the file could be on the direct client,
not the indirect PC.  But I must admit I was only doing it from
the command line.  For that I was creating (touch -t ...) the
control file on the linux box then smbtar'ing from a windows host.

> This would mean the samba user should have write permission on all the 
> shares being backed up.

A likely place for it would be in the debug directory of the direct client.


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