I'm looking for a way to back up the "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows XP box on my network, and rsyncd is not currently an option. I tried without success manually enabling sharing.
This seems to be a major flaw, IMNSHO, in the SMB backup method. Much important information is or can be located in the "Documents and Settings" directory, not to mention the WINDOWS or Program Files directories. One possible solution I considered is "Hidden Administrative Shares," e.g. C$ for a C drive. I've never gotten C$ to work, however, on this particular Windows XP host, nor have I found evidence of any hidden administrative share on this system. When I try to log onto C$ with smbclient I get the following error: tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME (I get a similar error message attempting to back up C$ using backuppc). The backuppc documentation on these general issues is disappointingly sparse. Resorting to RFM on the windows host, I found the following information in the "Windows XP Home Edition Help and Support Center:" The Sharing option is not available for the Documents and Settings, Program Files, and WINDOWS system folders. In addition, you cannot share folders in other user's profiles. In a web search I found the following article called "Disable Windows NT/W2K/XP Hidden Administrative Shares:" http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Network/DisableWindowsNTW2KXPHiddenAdministrativeShares.html It refers to a link discussing hidden administrative shares on Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q314984 Both articles, however, only discuss disabling hidden administrative shares, without addressing finding, creating or enabling them. I've also searched the backuppc archives, and I am now wondering if there is any solution to this problem. Thanks for any reponses. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
