Tim Cole wrote:

> Sorry for the html - I forget thunderbird is set to do that by default.
> I am not using cygwin, so the windows shares are mounted via cifs on an
> embedded linux appliance at the remote end.  The path to the mounted
> shares on the remote end is "/mnt/lpl/"  I have actually been careful to
> match case when entering the exclusion.  Here's a snip from the log and
> my config file so you can see what I'm talking about:
> 
> Remote[1]: rsync: readdir("/mnt/lpl/System Volume Information"):
> Permission denied (13)
> 
> $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = '10.2.10.18';
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>   '/mnt/lpl'
> ];
> $Conf{RsyncdAuthRequired} = '0';
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
> $Conf{DumpPostUserCmd} = '/var/lib/backuppc/report.sh $xferOK $client
> $moreUsers'; $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>   'system files' => [
>     '*.ALF',
>     '*.ADF',
>     '/mnt/lpl/System Volume Information'
>   ]
> };
> 
> /
> /
> 

Did you use rsyncd on client side or not?
If yes, try:
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
  'LPL'
];
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
  'LPL' => [
    '*.ALF',
    '*.ADF',
    '/System Volume Information'
  ]
> };

and on client side in the /etc/rsyncd.conf: 
[LPL]
 path = /mnt/lpl/

br
Matthias
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