-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Scott Murman said the following on 06/10/09 04:55: > i'm trying to backup the dovecot Maildir files over a cifs share. > source is a debian build, share is a readynas. i've been getting > rsync: mkstemp 'filename goes here' failed: Not a directory (20) > errors. rsync is v3.0. i believe this is related to the dovecot file > naming convention that includes characters such as ':' in the > filename. anyone else seeing similar behavior? a workaround? i can > go to different backup strategies, but rsync is cheap and effective for > my needs. thanks,
The problem I encountered with cifs is that could not be compatible with unix permissions and sometimes also fails setting directory date/time When I backup on cifs either I use rsync and disable those features or I tar-gzip each mailbox and copy it. Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ Every absurdity has a champion who will defend it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrKuZsACgkQ3kWu7Tfl6ZR5NQCgrkeUMLgKjIICDKFw/wfgn67E NusAn0PrsU0rYOq0BVa9T4thyhbmUG3s =t0fr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
