[Samba] Question on using smbmount

[Stuart Highlander]

i don't think that i would do it this way.

i use rsync via ssh to accomplish my backups from linux server to linux
server....very fast and easy to setup.

i mount an nt server share to one of my linux boxes using mount -t smbfs,
which uses smbmount, and use rsync "locally" to backup the nt share to one
of my linux boxes.

stu

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Williams" <jwilliams at courtesymortgage.com>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Question on using smbmount


> After thinking about this, is this even a viable option? I mean mounting
> a share on one linux server (running samba) to another linux server also
> running samba? The whole idea was so I could run a backup of the data on
> a tapedrive.
> Am I looking at this completely wrong?
>
>
> > I'm trying to mount a samba share located on one Linux server to
> > another samba server for backup purposes. The problem im running into
> > is that i get an error stating:
> >
> > couldn't find service <share I am specifying>
> >
> > Here is what im attempting:
> >
> > One server #1 sambaserver, Where I want the share to be mounted for
> > backup purposes
> >
> > smbmount //valhalla/backupdir /backuparea/valhalla
> >
> > If im correct, im specifying valhalla (server #2) and backupdir (which
> > is the share i created and specified inside smb.conf.
> >
> > Once I do that, enter the password, I get the error:
> >
> > Apr 12 13:41:16 valhalla smbd[32354]:   sambaserver (192.168.1.51)
> > couldn't find service backupdir/
> >
> > Its right on the tip of my tongue, but its escaping me.
> >
> > Anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jason
>
>
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