On 7/7/2010 9:22 AM, Jim Kyle wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at 8:45:21 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote:
>
>> If the date on the file is earlier than the previous full,
>> the file will not be backed up. This is true even if the file did not
>> exist previously. The most common case for this to happen is when you
>> copy files from one computer to another. The next full backup will get
>> everything.
>
> Thanks for the information. This eases my mind about that part of the
> problem, but I still need to find a way to handle the critical system
> directories. Apparently the current version of Samba, unlike some of the
> earlier ones, refuses to open system areas -- or is this a case of Windows
> refusing external access to them, even by members of the Administrators
> group? If it's the latter, perhaps I could use Windows' native backup
> capability to copy the content to a non-system area that Samba could
> access, although that seems like a dreadful kludge and waste of virtual
> disk space...
Windows defaults to locking open files. And samba only gives you a
"client's eye" view anyway, so it won't preserve ACLs or other special
attributes that you might need to to a full system restore. You should
either plan to do a new system install followed by dropping your own
data back from backuppc, or do periodic system image copies with
something like ghost or clonezilla to give you a starting point, or use
a more elaborate scheme like the 'open file' link here:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Tips_and_Tricks
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
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