By default, CrashPlan backs up everything in your home folder including all hidden directories (directories starting with a dot (.). This would include some directories your probably don’t want backed up, such as ~/.local/share/Trash (your trash) and a bunch of other hidden directories. Fortunately CrashPlan’s file exclusion feature includes a way to specify exclusions by regular …
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Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/05/21/ignoring-dotted-directories-in-crashplan-for-linux/
Synology DiskStation and Samba mount permissions
So today I was using smbmount to mount a network share from my Synology DiskStation to my Linux PC when I noticed a rather annoying file permissions issue that I couldn’t seem to fix. Why am I using smbmount and not Gnome’s GUI to mount? Because I need root to have access to the file …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/05/20/synology-diskstation-and-samba-mount-permissions/
CrashPlan backup to Samba share on Linux
For about a week now I’ve been wrestling with implementing a system where CrashPlan would backup to my network drive. I ran into a really bit problem: When you mount a network location in Gnome using the GUI (gvfs), root can’t access it. Since the CrashPlan engine runs at root, it makes the network location …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/05/20/crashplan-backup-to-samba-share-on-linux/
How to uninstall CrashPlan on Ubuntu
The official instructions for removing the CrashPlan Linux app are this: Linux: Run the uninstaller shell script that comes in the installer package. Unfortunately the uninstaller doesn’t do a very good job, and leaves a lot laying around. So here’s instructions on how to get rid of everything: Stop the CrashPlan daemon task sudo /etc/init.d/crashplan …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2010/07/05/how-to-uninstall-crashplan/
Why aren’t you backing up your data?
Would you only ever have one house key? Car key? Would you only get one picture of your child? Your spouse? Then why would you not treat your computer data the same way? Being a computer technician, I can’t tell you how many times (a day!) I hear “Will this affect my data/hard drive/information/etc…” You …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2010/04/29/why-arent-you-backing-up-your-data/
CrashPlan : Troubleshooting real-time file backup on linux
CrashPlan on Linux depends on the inotify kernel module to know when files update in real-time. Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel, so if you’re running a kernel equal to or newer than this, it’s already installed. If not, you’ll have to install it yourself. If inotify is installed, you may need to increase …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2010/03/20/crashplan-troubleshooting-real-time-file-backup-on-linux/
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