[Samba] Problem with backup of the Samba 4

[James]

On 8/21/2015 6:24 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 21/08/15 10:58, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>> the script is not complete.
>> It isnt stopping samba and as the wiki says, DONT backup a running
>> samba.
>
> Hi Louis, it doesn't say that at all, what it does say is this:
>
> Whilst you must never copy a running database, you can backup *.ldb &
> *.tdb files online with 'tdbbackup'
>
> This is a bit ambiguous, what it should say is:
>
> You must never copy the running database (*.ldb & *.tdb files) except
> with 'tdbbackup'
>
> Rowland
>
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Louis
>>
>>  
>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens
>>> Giuseppe Arvati
>>> Verzonden: vrijdag 21 augustus 2015 11:25
>>> Aan: Marc Muehlfeld; Marcio Demetrio Bacci; samba at lists.samba.org
>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Problem with backup of the Samba 4
>>>
>>> Il 19/08/2015 07:16, Marc Muehlfeld ha scritto:
>>>> Hellor Marcio,
>>>>
>>>> Am 19.08.2015 um 06:33 schrieb Marcio Demetrio Bacci:
>>>>> I followed the tutorial below to do backup of the Samba4:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Backup_and_Recovery
>>>>>
>>>>> When I execute the backup script manually, it is executed
>>> perfectly, but
>>>>> when I execute in the crontab, it isn't work.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is my crontab on Debian 7:
>>>>> 0 1 * * 1-5       /usr/sbin/samba_backup
>>>>>
>>>>> Does somebody have an idea ?
>>>>
>>>> I think $PATH differs in your situation from when you run it manually
>>>> and when cron does. You can add a
>>>>      export $PATH=$PATH:...
>>>> to the top of the script, where you add all directories, used
>>>> executables are in.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For debugging, you can run the script via cron:
>>>>
>>>> 0 1 * * 1-5     /bin/bash -x /usr/sbin/samba_backup >
>>> /tmp/bck.log 2>&1
>>>> and have a look in the log afterwards.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Marc
>>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have the same problem and the log file show:
>>>
>>> Error while backuping ./private/privilege.ldb
>>>
>>> samba 4.1.19
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Giuseppe
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>
I've tried this script as well and it would not backup if Samba was
running. I currently stop Samba manually and run the script.

-- 
-James