Re: Samba file writing

From: Mike King (emailMK_at_excite.com)
Date: 08/25/05 

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:18:22 -0400

> Mike King enlightened us with:
>> The problem I was having was I could not create/write to files on
>> the share.
>
> Any error messages? Or other information we could use? There are a
> shitload of options for Samba, and all we have now is "I can't write".

Sorry for the lack of details. I didn't have write permission.

>> Is there an easier way to backup a large partition?
>
> Sure, tar it to an NFS share.

Compressing all of the files into one file is better than capturing an image
of the partition?

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