NASLite Network Attached Storage

Does NASLite-2 do anything that prevents an application from setting the date on a file? I use a program called SecondCopy to do some simple backup tasks and for some reason it can't reset the date on the destination files stored on the NasLite-2 server.

The program runs on a machine running XP Pro under the ID of a logged in user. I'm running the latest NASLite-2 CDD.

Ideas?

Hello Grasshopper:

Reference an excerpt of http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q69581:

Updating the Date and Time Stamps on Files
Summary
The following MS-DOS command updates the date and time stamps of a file named
"EXAMPLE" without altering the contents of the file. This is similar to the TOUCH utility found
in XENIX and in some third-party MS-DOS toolkits.
COPY /B EXAMPLE +,,

I just tried this "COPY" command in a WinXP Dos-Window on a file on my NL server and got the "Access is denied" message. It turns out I happen to pick a file that had the "read-only" attribute set. Tried again on a regular file ... and it worked.

I used to use SecondCopy many years ago (nice program) ... unfortunately you might not want to change any of the Read-Only attributes of files being backed up (second-copied), so the above info may not help you in the end ... but at least this might explain the problem.

Georg

Good info. I will try this out over the next several days.

Thanks Georg.