Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Backup to a mounted samba share

[Martin Kos]

hi dave

> there was no attached error, but I have used cifs extensivly and its 
> pretty sweet. If you send the error I hope we can make it work.
oh..sorry i have forgot to send the file :-(

i'm not sure if its a problem with rdiff-backup, i have just tried to 
rdiff-backup to another cifs drive (mounted from my normal server) and 
it worked just fine. perhaps a bug in the samba used on the ds-101.

 Martin
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rdiff-backup software/ /mnt/test/xx
Exception '' raised of class 'exceptions.AssertionError':
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in 
error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, in 
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 271, in 
take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 325, in 
Backup
    rpout.conn.fs_abilities.backup_set_globals(rpin)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", line 
602, in backup_set_globals
    dest_fsa = FSAbilities('destination').init_readwrite(Globals.rbdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", line 
138, in init_readwrite
    self.set_case_sensitive_readwrite(subdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", line 
242, in set_case_sensitive_readwrite
    assert not upper_a.lstat()

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in 
error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, in 
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 271, in 
take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 325, in 
Backup
    rpout.conn.fs_abilities.backup_set_globals(rpin)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", line 
602, in backup_set_globals
    dest_fsa = FSAbilities('destination').init_readwrite(Globals.rbdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", line 
138, in init_readwrite
    self.set_case_sensitive_readwrite(subdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", line 
242, in set_case_sensitive_readwrite
    assert not upper_a.lstat()
AssertionError