On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, Jon Knews wrote:
>
> Well, I'm resorting to writing this a 2nd time, and sending it
> to specific persons who may have an idea.....
>
> I starting running XBRU2000 on RHL5.2 (the XBRU2000 came
> from the Apps or Powertools cdrom). I run Samba 1.9.18p10-3
> on the 5.2 box, and this connects to RHL6.0 box with Samba
> 2.0.3-8, and also a Windoze 95 box, to back all this up.....
>
> Problem I noted is that -- well XBru first scans the network
> so it compiles a list of all the files to backup, then starts
> the backup -- at the point where the backup begins, I find
> that the RHL5.2 box's Samba, while still has a mount to
> the RHL6.0 box, cannot see any files on that mount, whereas
> prior to this backup, all the files were visible on the mount.
>
> So something about XBRU2000 is killing the ability of Samba
> to see those files. Any ideas how to fix??????????????
>
Well, don't get mad, but why are you mounting Linux partitions with Samba?
Samba's really for Linux/Windows connectivity, not Linux/Linux
connectivity. I understand the need for Samba to connect to your Win*
machines, but I wouldn't use it to mount Linux partitions. Use NFS or
something.
Paul M. Foster
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