Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Target SMB or CIFS filesystem won't allow symlinks, rdiff-backup fails

[Michael Stucki]

Hi Andrew,

> > I'm trying to backup from a Linux/ext3 system to a networked filesystem
> > that is mounted as smbfs.  I can read/write test files on the mounted
> > target filesystem, but when I try to run rdiff-backup, it fails.  It
> > appears that the problem is that I can't create symlinks on the target
> > system:
>
> Yes, this is a known bug that was corrected in CVS.

Does that mean that rdiff-backup can backup all data onto SMBFS shares from 
now on? That would be great news!

> Perhaps it's time for a new unstable release?

If this is the case: Yes, definitely. And make sure to point this out in the 
ChangeLog - I wouldn't have noticed it!

- michael