>>>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:16:59 +0200, Florian  said:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I have two problems, still trying to setup my first bacula system.
> 
> The scenario: I have an ubuntu server 12.0.4 with bacula running on it 
> and a windows server, on which I want to save the backup files / 
> volumes. Best case would be to mount and unmount the windows server 
> folder (via samba) during a bacula job.
> 
> I added the windows server's folder to fstab. I can mount and unmount it 
> via terminal.
> I modified the sudoers file so that bacula is allowed to use those 
> commands without requiring a password.
> 
> In the director file, I added thesescripts to my backup job, where <IP> 
> is the windows server:
> 
> Run Before Job = "sudo mount //<IP>/Data/Bacula"
> Run After Job = "sudo umount //<IP>/Data/Bacula"
> 
> Now here are the problems:
> 
> 1. the scripts in bacula-dir.conf don't seem t have any effect. I tried 
> mounting via terminal and commenting out the "Run Before Job"-part. 
> After running the job, the folder was still mounted though. Tried it the 
> other way around, too.

I suggest you post the entire job output.  Also, which user is running the
director and the storage daemon?


> 2. (This is not so much related to bacula) When attempting a backup, it 
> cancels with a timeout: "Fatal error: max run time exceeded, job 
> cancelled.". Prior to this I already get an error from the storage 
> daemon "Permission denied", while it tries to write to / create a volume.
> I tried making bacula the owner of the mounted folder, but that didn't 
> help either.

What does "ls -la //<IP>/Data/Bacula" show (after mounting it while running as
the use that runs the director)?

__Martin

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