[Samba] Windows Backup to samba3 share = problem

[Van Sickler, Jim]

George,

  ntbackup runs under the SYSTEM account if it's running as
a scheduled job.  You'll have to tweak the rights on the
samba share to include the SYSTEM account.

You can try creating a user & group named system on the
Samba box, and add system to the group corresponding to
the Samba share and its' *nix permissions.  That might
allow ntbackup to read/write to the Samba share.

Has anyone already set this up using SYSTEM?  Would they post the
procedure for George & the rest of us?

Another note:  when you set up ntbackup for jobs that
run on a schedule, use the UNC path to the share, NOT
a mapped drive.  If the user logs off, all drive mappings
are disconnected.  UNC paths will still be usable,
if the rights are in place.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George H. Fisher [mailto:fisher at ssl.berkeley.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 6:29 PM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Windows Backup to samba3 share = problem
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just experienced exactly the same symptoms that you describe -- the 
> samba shares are accessible, and I can read/write to them, but the 
> windows backup program thinks it can't access mapped network drives 
> (mapped to samba shares).
> 
> Have you found a solution to this problem yet?
> 
> Best wishes, - George
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