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From: <ow...@ne...> - 2011-06-07 15:44:05
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----- Original Message ----- From: Holger Parplies To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Sent: 6/6/2011 10:03:45 PM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc and Win7 Hi, higuita wrote on 2011-06-05 22:10:28 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc and Win7]: > On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:15:16 -0700, ow...@ne... wrote: > > all other machines on the LAN) and pings work fine. Backuppc fires off > > the error "Get fatal error during xfer (no files dumped for share C$). > > Any suggestions? > > Yes... share the c drive... depending on your config, you might > not have the c$ share enabled by default (or restricted by the firewall > and network settings). shouldn't that lead to a different error? As I read the source, "no files dumped for share" is produced for a dump where no other error was detected, yet no files were read - perhaps due to insufficient permissions to access any files (oh, and it's "*Got* fatal error ...", so we know it's only an approximation of the actual error message ;-). More context from the XferLOG would probably help in determining the actual problem. Are there error messages which BackupPC couldn't interpret leading up to the "no files dumped ..."? Have you tried running the exact same command BackupPC is trying from the command line? Can you connect to the client machine with 'smbclient' (something like 'smbclient //host/C\$ -U backup-user', if 'backup-user' is what BackupPC is using; see the man page for details) and list the contents of the share? Regards, Holger Holger and Tom et al Due the the frequent MS warnings about sharing the C drive I decided to merely create a shared folder called Users. This folder is accessible from the 3 other machines on the network (XP and Vista) without difficulty. When I attempt to do a full backup I again get the same error message. Here is the full error from the Log: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\larryshp\\Users -I 10.10.10.101 -U backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -Tc -full backup started for share UsersXfer PIDs are now 3355,3354session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotalGot fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share Users)Backup aborted (No files dumped for share Users)Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0)The computer name and IP address are correct but the session setup fails. Any suggestions of where to go from here? BTW thanks Tom for the rsync instructions but since I already have 3 machines operation successfully I'd like to try the samba approach before I "throw the baby in the sea". Larry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list Bac...@li... List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ |
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From: <ow...@ne...> - 2011-06-08 23:53:53
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----- Original Message ----- From: Kris Lou To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Sent: 6/7/2011 11:24:51 PM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc and Win7 Can you access the share via standalone smbclient, since that's how you're choosing to back things up? As I recall, there are some registry changes necessary for Windows 7 but that might only be for domain membership. http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7 Kris Lou kl...@th... On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:41 AM, <ow...@ne...> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: Holger Parplies To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Sent: 6/6/2011 10:03:45 PM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc and Win7 Hi, higuita wrote on 2011-06-05 22:10:28 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc and Win7]: > On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:15:16 -0700, ow...@ne... wrote: > > all other machines on the LAN) and pings work fine. Backuppc fires off > > the error "Get fatal error during xfer (no files dumped for share C$). > > Any suggestions? > > Yes... share the c drive... depending on your config, you might > not have the c$ share enabled by default (or restricted by the firewall > and network settings). shouldn't that lead to a different error? As I read the source, "no files dumped for share" is produced for a dump where no other error was detected, yet no files were read - perhaps due to insufficient permissions to access any files (oh, and it's "*Got* fatal error ...", so we know it's only an approximation of the actual error message ;-). More context from the XferLOG would probably help in determining the actual problem. Are there error messages which BackupPC couldn't interpret leading up to the "no files dumped ..."? Have you tried running the exact same command BackupPC is trying from the command line? Can you connect to the client machine with 'smbclient' (something like 'smbclient //host/C\$ -U backup-user', if 'backup-user' is what BackupPC is using; see the man page for details) and list the contents of the share? Regards, Holger Holger and Tom et al Due the the frequent MS warnings about sharing the C drive I decided to merely create a shared folder called Users. This folder is accessible from the 3 other machines on the network (XP and Vista) without difficulty. When I attempt to do a full backup I again get the same error message. Here is the full error from the Log: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\larryshp\\Users -I 10.10.10.101 -U backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -Tc -full backup started for share UsersXfer PIDs are now 3355,3354session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotalGot fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share Users)Backup aborted (No files dumped for share Users)Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0)The computer name and IP address are correct but the session setup fails. Any suggestions of where to go from here? BTW thanks Tom for the rsync instructions but since I already have 3 machines operation successfully I'd like to try the samba approach before I "throw the baby in the sea". Larry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list Bac...@li... List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ Kris et al Great catch! smbclient works great with XP and Vista and fails with the same session setup error as backuppc on Windows 7. Doing some Googling this appears to be an incompatibility between smbclient and Windows. There appears to be some disagreement as to whether this is a bug in smbclient or an "overkill" security-wise on Windows 7 (potentially requiring some registry editing). Before I start experimenting I'm hoping there is someone on this list who has encountered and solved this issue. Larry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list Bac...@li... List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ |
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From: Kris L. <kl...@th...> - 2011-06-09 01:12:50
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Larry, Re-reading, its probably best to upgrade Samba first (3.2.5 is not listed as Windows 7 compatible) and then troubleshoot from there. Kris Lou kl...@th... On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:51 PM, <ow...@ne...> wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From: *Kris Lou <kl...@th...> > *To: *General list for user discussion, questions and support<bac...@li...> > *Sent: *6/7/2011 11:24:51 PM > *Subject: *Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc and Win7 > > Can you access the share via standalone smbclient, since that's how you're > choosing to back things up? As I recall, there are some registry changes > necessary for Windows 7 but that might only be for domain membership. > > http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7 > > Kris Lou > kl...@th... > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:41 AM, <ow...@ne...> wrote: > >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From: *Holger Parplies <wb...@pa...> >> *To: *General list for user discussion, questions and support<bac...@li...> >> *Sent: *6/6/2011 10:03:45 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc and Win7 >> >> Hi, >> >> higuita wrote on 2011-06-05 22:10:28 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc >> and Win7]: >> > On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:15:16 -0700, ow...@ne... wrote: >> > > all other machines on the LAN) and pings work fine. Backuppc fires off >> >> > > the error "Get fatal error during xfer (no files dumped for share C$). >> >> > > Any suggestions? >> > >> > Yes... share the c drive... depending on your config, you might >> > not have the c$ share enabled by default (or restricted by the firewall >> > and network settings). >> >> shouldn't that lead to a different error? As I read the source, "no files >> dumped for share" is produced for a dump where no other error was >> detected, >> yet no files were read - perhaps due to insufficient permissions to access >> >> any files (oh, and it's "*Got* fatal error ...", so we know it's only an >> approximation of the actual error message ;-). >> >> More context from the XferLOG would probably help in determining the >> actual >> problem. Are there error messages which BackupPC couldn't interpret >> leading >> up to the "no files dumped ..."? Have you tried running the exact same >> command BackupPC is trying from the command line? Can you connect to the >> client machine with 'smbclient' (something like >> 'smbclient //host/C\$ -U backup-user', if 'backup-user' is what BackupPC >> is >> using; see the man page for details) and list the contents of the share? >> >> Regards, >> Holger >> >> Holger and Tom et al >> Due the the frequent MS warnings about sharing the C drive I decided to >> merely create a shared folder called Users. This folder is accessible from >> the 3 other machines on the network (XP and Vista) without difficulty. When >> I attempt to do a full backup I again get the same error message. Here is >> the full error from the Log: >> >> Running: /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\larryshp\\Users -I 10.10.10.101 -U backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -Tc - >> full backup started for share Users >> Xfer PIDs are now 3355,3354 >> session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0 >> session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0 >> tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal >> Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share Users) >> Backup aborted (No files dumped for share Users) >> Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0) >> >> The computer name and IP address are correct but the session setup fails. >> Any suggestions of where to go from here? BTW thanks Tom for the rsync >> instructions but since I already have 3 machines operation successfully I'd >> like to try the samba approach before I "throw the baby in the sea". >> >> Larry >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content >> authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image >> Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> Bac...@li... >> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net >> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> >> >> >> Kris et al >> >> Great catch! smbclient works great with XP and Vista and fails with the >> same session setup error as backuppc on Windows 7. Doing some Googling this >> appears to be an incompatibility between smbclient and Windows. There >> appears to be some disagreement as to whether this is a bug in smbclient or >> an "overkill" security-wise on Windows 7 (potentially requiring some >> registry editing). Before I start experimenting I'm hoping there is someone >> on this list who has encountered and solved this issue. >> >> Larry >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content >> authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image >> Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> Bac...@li... >> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net >> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> >> > |
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From: Kris L. <kl...@th...> - 2011-06-08 00:32:41
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Can you access the share via standalone smbclient, since that's how you're choosing to back things up? As I recall, there are some registry changes necessary for Windows 7 but that might only be for domain membership. http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7 Kris Lou kl...@th... On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:41 AM, <ow...@ne...> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From: *Holger Parplies <wb...@pa...> > *To: *General list for user discussion, questions and support<bac...@li...> > *Sent: *6/6/2011 10:03:45 PM > *Subject: *Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc and Win7 > > Hi, > > higuita wrote on 2011-06-05 22:10:28 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc > and Win7]: > > On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:15:16 -0700, ow...@ne... wrote: > > > all other machines on the LAN) and pings work fine. Backuppc fires off > > > the error "Get fatal error during xfer (no files dumped for share C$). > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Yes... share the c drive... depending on your config, you might > > not have the c$ share enabled by default (or restricted by the firewall > > and network settings). > > shouldn't that lead to a different error? As I read the source, "no files > dumped for share" is produced for a dump where no other error was detected, > > yet no files were read - perhaps due to insufficient permissions to access > any files (oh, and it's "*Got* fatal error ...", so we know it's only an > approximation of the actual error message ;-). > > More context from the XferLOG would probably help in determining the actual > > problem. Are there error messages which BackupPC couldn't interpret leading > > up to the "no files dumped ..."? Have you tried running the exact same > command BackupPC is trying from the command line? Can you connect to the > client machine with 'smbclient' (something like > 'smbclient //host/C\$ -U backup-user', if 'backup-user' is what BackupPC is > > using; see the man page for details) and list the contents of the share? > > Regards, > Holger > > Holger and Tom et al > Due the the frequent MS warnings about sharing the C drive I decided to > merely create a shared folder called Users. This folder is accessible from > the 3 other machines on the network (XP and Vista) without difficulty. When > I attempt to do a full backup I again get the same error message. Here is > the full error from the Log: > > Running: /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\larryshp\\Users -I 10.10.10.101 -U backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -Tc - > full backup started for share Users > Xfer PIDs are now 3355,3354 > session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0 > session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0 > tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal > Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share Users) > Backup aborted (No files dumped for share Users) > Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0) > > The computer name and IP address are correct but the session setup fails. > Any suggestions of where to go from here? BTW thanks Tom for the rsync > instructions but since I already have 3 machines operation successfully I'd > like to try the samba approach before I "throw the baby in the sea". > > Larry > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > Bac...@li... > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > Bac...@li... > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > |
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