Server running Win2k SP4 backs up some files on an XP SP2 box over a mapped
drive.

Our Win2k server has a tape drive that backs up files over a mapped drive to
a Windows XP SP2 machine that scans critical hardcopy files. When ntbackup
runs a full backup it clears the archive bit just fine on itself and on
other Windows 2000 machines (that are also being backed up over mapped
drives), but it will not clear the archive bit on the single Windows XP
machine.

Hopefully this problem isn't too obscure and someone can provide some
insight on forcing ntbackup to clear the archive bit on the XP boxes.

Are you sure that the security settings are set so that the backup process
has read/write permissions to the files on the XP machine? If you created a
share and didn't modify the share permissions, then you simply gave everyone
read access. You'll need to change that. In order for the backup to change
the archive attribute, it needs to at least have modify permissions on the
file.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.


"titanic panic" <jcy1971 (at) gmail dawt calm> wrote in message
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> Server running Win2k SP4 backs up some files on an XP SP2 box over a
> mapped
> drive.
>
> Our Win2k server has a tape drive that backs up files over a mapped drive
> to
> a Windows XP SP2 machine that scans critical hardcopy files. When
> ntbackup
> runs a full backup it clears the archive bit just fine on itself and on
> other Windows 2000 machines (that are also being backed up over mapped
> drives), but it will not clear the archive bit on the single Windows XP
> machine.
>
> Hopefully this problem isn't too obscure and someone can provide some
> insight on forcing ntbackup to clear the archive bit on the XP boxes.
>
>

How embarassing, that's exactly what it was.

Thanks for your help,

panic


"Mike Brearley" <Mike_BrearleyDONTDOIT@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0cAw1IEGHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Are you sure that the security settings are set so that the backup process
> has read/write permissions to the files on the XP machine? If you created
a
> share and didn't modify the share permissions, then you simply gave
everyone
> read access. You'll need to change that. In order for the backup to
change
> the archive attribute, it needs to at least have modify permissions on the
> file.
>
> --
> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
> lack of caffeine.
>
>
> "titanic panic" <jcy1971 (at) gmail dawt calm> wrote in message
> news:OtNmHoIEGHA.472@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Server running Win2k SP4 backs up some files on an XP SP2 box over a
> > mapped
> > drive.
> >
> > Our Win2k server has a tape drive that backs up files over a mapped
drive
> > to
> > a Windows XP SP2 machine that scans critical hardcopy files. When
> > ntbackup
> > runs a full backup it clears the archive bit just fine on itself and on
> > other Windows 2000 machines (that are also being backed up over mapped
> > drives), but it will not clear the archive bit on the single Windows XP
> > machine.
> >
> > Hopefully this problem isn't too obscure and someone can provide some
> > insight on forcing ntbackup to clear the archive bit on the XP boxes.
> >
> >
>
>

Not a problem... XP changed the default security settings for shares. With
2000, creating a share and not modifying the permissions, gave everyone full
access (granted file and directory permissions were still in effect), but...

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.


"titanic panic" <jcy1971 (at) gmail dawt calm> wrote in message
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> How embarassing, that's exactly what it was.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> panic
>
>
> "Mike Brearley" <Mike_BrearleyDONTDOIT@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e0cAw1IEGHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Are you sure that the security settings are set so that the backup
>> process
>> has read/write permissions to the files on the XP machine? If you
>> created
> a
>> share and didn't modify the share permissions, then you simply gave
> everyone
>> read access. You'll need to change that. In order for the backup to
> change
>> the archive attribute, it needs to at least have modify permissions on
>> the
>> file.
>>
>> --
>> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
>> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
>> lack of caffeine.
>>
>>
>> "titanic panic" <jcy1971 (at) gmail dawt calm> wrote in message
>> news:OtNmHoIEGHA.472@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > Server running Win2k SP4 backs up some files on an XP SP2 box over a
>> > mapped
>> > drive.
>> >
>> > Our Win2k server has a tape drive that backs up files over a mapped
> drive
>> > to
>> > a Windows XP SP2 machine that scans critical hardcopy files. When
>> > ntbackup
>> > runs a full backup it clears the archive bit just fine on itself and on
>> > other Windows 2000 machines (that are also being backed up over mapped
>> > drives), but it will not clear the archive bit on the single Windows XP
>> > machine.
>> >
>> > Hopefully this problem isn't too obscure and someone can provide some
>> > insight on forcing ntbackup to clear the archive bit on the XP boxes.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>