Hi,
On 02/17/10 04:04 PM, Josh Fisher wrote:
>
> On 2/16/2010 2:55 PM, Henrik Johansen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 02/16/10 06:36 PM, Josh Fisher wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/16/2010 11:34 AM, Paul Binkley wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Director is 3.0.2, backing up a 32bit Windows Vista client running 3.0.3.
>>>>
>>>> After adding onefs=no to the FileSet options in the director, I get the
>>>> error messages during the backup:
>>>>
>>>> Cannot open "C:/Documents and Settings/.../":ERR=A required privilege is
>>>> not
>>>> held by the client.
>>>>
>>>> And,
>>>>
>>>> Could not open directory "C:/Documents and Settings/.../":ERR=Access is
>>>> denied
>>>>
>>>> What do I need to do to allow bacula to backup these directories?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> These are not real directories. They are symlinks pointing to the real
>>> directory in C:/Users/.. that Microsoft installs by default for backward
>>> compatibility with older software that (sloppily) assumes user
>>> directories are in "C:/Documents and Settings/..". Either ignore the
>>> messages or exclude the C:/Documents and Settings directory so Bacula
>>> doesn't attempt to back them up. They are not needed, as the files are
>>> in the real directory in C:/Users/..
>>>
>> I case you should need them after a restore the MS Sysinternals Suite
>> has tools to recreate those junctions - you have to do that by hand though.
>>
>>
>
> Yes, I don't think there is any way to back them up. They are not like
> symlinks in, for example, a Linux ext2 filesystem. It is a portion of
> the same filesystem mounted at another mountpoint. In Linux, this is
> called a "bind mount". Which leads me to wonder what happens when
> backing up a Linux client that has bind mounts? Does Bacula know it is a
> bind mount? And if so, how does it handle it? Is the bind mount
> "remembered" or do the files get backed up twice? Are junction points
> handled by the Windows client in the same way bind mounts are handled by
> the Linux client?
AFAIK it is possible to programmatically to detect and / or create
junctions points on Windows - if I find the time I will investigate this
further and see how and if this could be integrated into the Windows FD.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace,
> Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev
> _______________________________________________
> Bacula-users mailing list
> Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
--
Med venlig hilsen / Best Regards
Henrik Johansen
henrik AT scannet DOT dk
Tlf. 75 53 35 00
ScanNet Group
A/S ScanNet
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace,
Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW
http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
|
