Topic: dar2 and macintosh

[gmphoto]

I don't know if I am trying the impossible here but friends have a Mac G4 with OS X 10.3.something. I have set a SME 7.0 box for them for IMAP email and for a backup file server in the future.

In my own setup I have an SME 7.0 box on which I have installed the brilliant dar2 and am backing up my mail and user data every night to a WinXP shared folder.

Can I do the same thing for my friends in the Mac world using SMB sharing?

I have enabled SMB sharing on the G4. I have created a folder on their G4 called "mailbackup" in the username directory. I am using the path in the TARGET //192.168.0.164/username/mailbackup

I keep getting an error as follows

3939: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
SMB connection failed

I have checked the Username and Password are correct.

Is this worth persisting or am I trying to do the impossible?

(Pesky Macs!)

BTW my knowledge level of Linux and Mac is slightly advanced beginner!

Thanks for any help.

[dmay]

the TARGET //192.168.0.164/username/mailbackup

If 'mailbackup' is the defined share then the target woulld be //192.168.0.164/mailbackup.

The syntax is //server/share not //server/share/blah.

# smbclient -L //< computer name >/ -I < ip address >
Displays a list of shares on the machine. Just hit enter when prompted for a password.

Darrell

[kingjm]

to help setup samba on the mac use SharePoints.

http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/

setup a group called dar2 and put the users that you want to have backup into that group.  Then create a folder and give proper read and write privileges and access to samba.  All of which can be done with share points.

You might have to enable samba in the System Prefernces > Sharing

Let me know how it works for you