>> Let me preface my questions by saying that I know just about nothing
>> about Windows administration, never wanted to, never needed to before
>> now, so this may well be a "duh!" question.
>> 
>> I finially got backuppc to back up my wife's Vista computer using smb
>> after I figured out that the user name that she logs in with is not
>> the real user name the system uses. Anyhow, in the backup logs there
>> are a number of Xfer errors listed. There are 2 types of error;
>> sharing violations and access violations. The sharing violations I
>> understand but I was surprised to see access violations since the
>> user is an administrator. One of the files I get an access violation
>> on is C:\Documents and Settings. So, from my F8 box I ran
>> 
>> $ smbclient \\\\user-pc\\c\$ -U user
>> 
>> entered the password and got to an smb-> prompt. A directory listing
>> shows all the files under C: including one named "Documents and
>> Settings". What really confused me is that is if I log into the Vista
>> machine as the same user and look at the files on the C: drive (with
>> the "show hidden files" flag turned on), there is no "Documents and
>> Settings" file!  
>
> In Vista the users area was renamed Users instead of "Documents and 
> Settings"
>
> This web site explains the differences:
>
> http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_appdata.htm
> 
> Mark

Interesting. So the "Documents and Folders" file I am seeing through
smbclient is really a shortcut to the new Users directory put there to
maintain backward compatibility with XP. Then they decide to hide it as
a system file which, to me, defeats the purpose.

I have noticed that all the directories that I get a
NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED error when attempting to backup have
attributes of DHS and yet I can backup some directories that also have
the same attributes. I'm guessing that DHS means directory, hidden and
system.

Thanks for that link Mark.

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