[rdiff-backup-users] cifs destination

[Davy Stoffel]

Hello everybody,

I have some issues with my backup destination. I'm would like to use my
network hard drive StoreCenter
(https://iomega-eu-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iomega_eu_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=19354&p_sid=XRxAPuOj&p_lva=14599)
trough CIFS to save my rdiff-data.

I have the following error :

C:\>rdiff-backup.exe -v5 --no-hard-links f:\/ y:/rdiff/ >
F:\rdiff_not_working_cifs.txt
Fatal Error: Bad rdiff-backup-data dir on destination side

The rdiff-backup data directory y:/rdiff/rdiff-backup-data
exists, but we cannot find a valid current_mirror marker.  You can
avoid this message by removing the rdiff-backup-data directory;
however any data in it will be lost.

Probably this error was caused because the first rdiff-backup session
into a new directory failed.  If this is the case it is safe to delete
the rdiff-backup-data directory because there is no important
information in it.


Here the output  :

Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8
Hardlinks disabled by default on Windows
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at f:\
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
POSIX ACLs not supported on filesystem at f:\
escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at f:\
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for source (read only) file system:
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Windows access control lists                 On
  Case sensitivity                             Off
  Escape DOS devices                           Off
  Escape trailing spaces                       Off
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Directories on file system at
y:/rdiff/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.6 are not fsyncable.
Assuming it's unnecessary.
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at
y:/rdiff/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.6
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
POSIX ACLs not supported on filesystem at
y:/rdiff/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.6
escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at
y:/rdiff/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.6
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for destination (read/write) file system:
  Ownership changing                           Off
  Hard linking                                 N/A
  fsync() directories                          Off
  Directory inc permissions                    Off
  High-bit permissions                         On
  Symlink permissions                          Off
  Extended filenames                           On
  Windows reserved filenames                   On
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Windows access control lists                 On
  Case sensitivity                             Off
  Escape DOS devices                           Off
  Escape trailing spaces                       Off
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Backup: must_escape_dos_devices = 0

If I compare this output with another correctly working, the abilities
for destination looks like the same.

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this ?

Thanks in advance,

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Davy STOFFEL
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