-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi @ samba, I have running two machines: PC1 Samba Server @ ubuntu v9.10 PC2 Samba Client @ ubuntu v9.10 Anything works well and as expected, but... when I copy files from PC2 to a share on PC1 for backup, i.e. cp -a /home/user1 /media/share/backup/user1 then all data get copied but the file-permissons wouldnt be set cp reports an error on each file it copies: cp: preserving permissions for `/media/share/backup/user1/file1': Permission denied The samba-share DATEN of PC2 is mounted at /media/share How can _i setup the samba-server that a user can "cp -a" files to a share? The samba server runs in secuirty-mode=user looking forward for any help regards Bjoern -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktc8wsACgkQhLA53l6XA/3FtgCfUprWqpABcZUBmOLg8PMWwsO9 xKAAn225uy5EwFJKhTpPPvPaPVaO0pZa =zFrY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Hallo, B.Wiggert, Du meintest am 25.01.10:> I have running two machines:> PC1 Samba Server @ ubuntu v9.10 > PC2 Samba Client @ ubuntu v9.10> Anything works well and as expected, but...> when I copy files from PC2 to a share on PC1 for backup, i.e.> cp -a /home/user1 /media/share/backup/user1> then all data get copied but the file-permissons wouldnt be set> cp reports an error on each file it copies:> cp: preserving permissions for `/media/share/backup/user1/file1': > Permission deniedI see this message most times when I try to copy from e2fs oder e3fs to vfat (from Linux to DOS/Windows). What kind of filesystem is on /media/share/backup/user1 ? Viele Gruesse! Helmut