Re: [Dovecot] backup using rsync

Scott Murman wrote:

i'm trying to backup the dovecot Maildir files over a cifs share.
source is a debian build, share is a readynas. i've been getting rsync: mkstemp 'filename goes here' failed: Not a directory (20) errors. rsync is v3.0. i believe this is related to the dovecot file naming convention that includes characters such as ':' in the filename. anyone else seeing similar behavior? a workaround? i can go to different backup strategies, but rsync is cheap and effective for my needs. thanks,

Is backup over ssh an option?

Alternatively could you run an rsync server at one end or the other (which then also avoids using cifs in the middle)?

Ed W