Try the following
echo "/home  Retrospect_Backup">>/etc/atalk/AppleVolumes.default
#This will make a share called Retrospect_Backup
#Create a user retrospect.
#Give that user access to /home
#This will allow the user Retrospect access to all directories in home.

>I need to be able to backup my Linux box via Dantz Retrospect, 
>running on a Mac
>and backing up onto 8Gb Travan tapes (the Retrospect does a good job 
>of backing
>up and restoring files).
>
>At the moment I can backup up user account partitions because they can be
>mounted onto the Mac desktop with netatalk, in order for Retrospect to back
>up the user accounts' home directory I need to initially mount it onto the
>desktop (after this Retrospect then simply requests a password to access that
>partition).  So I need a way in which I can mount either all the partitions or
>the whole box in one lump. Anyone got any clues about how I can manage this?
>
>Or do I need to create a backup file that can be further backed up 
>onto the Mac
>-- that would be a drag.
>
>Retrospect can access drives on machines like WinNT via TCP/IP, but it needs
>client software installed on the client box, which Dantz do not provide for
>Linux :(
>
>Your help here would really be appreciated.
>
>Alan
>
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