[Samba] how to backup samba ad domain

[Rowland penny]

On 26/07/16 16:01, Jules Houantonon wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> as for samba sernet installation, the etc direction is located in to /etc
> and the private in to /var/lib/samba, as the sysvol to /var/lib/samba also,
>
> i adjust the parameter FROMWHERE=/usr/local/samba to :
>
> FROMWHERE=/etc/samba
> FROMWHERE=/var/lib/samba/private
> FROMWHERE=/usr/local/samba/sysvol
> WHERE=/usr/local/backups

Which script are you using ?
If it is the standard Samba script, I would think you can only specify 
'FROMWHERE' once.

Rowland

> When I run the script , i receive a tar error that said :
>
> tar refuse to create an empty file
> Error while archiving /usr/local/backups/samba4_private.2016_7_26.tar.bz2
> -status=2
>
> I though /usr/local/backups is the destination for backup files that will
> be created.
> For me, It seems that the script is looking for files in /usr/local/backups
> and as it is a empty directory, it is rejected.
>
> Thank you for your time and helping
>
> Regards
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