add support for NAS-type storages

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. start "Flyback Backup Manager" from applications menu
2. follow instructions to create new backup (see screenshots)
3. When pressing "new" an error ocurrs "No Drive Selected" "You must select
a drive from the list...", but there is no list to select from.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
There is no way to select a target.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Using "flyback_0.6.0_r104-1_all.deb" on Ubuntu jaunty with german language
settings.

Please provide any additional information below.
Since I assume this is a GUI-issue I'll attach some screenshots ...

I have no external drive directly attached to the system, but would like to
use rsync to my NAS box on the LAN, which should be possible as of the last
comment on Issue 73, right?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by m...@oclab.net on 28 Oct 2009 at 9:29

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issue #73 was related to the previous incarnation.  there is no support yet for 
NAS.
 when you mount your NAS, does the OS give it a UUID?

Original comment by pub...@kered.org on 28 Oct 2009 at 10:47

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No, no UUID. It's a netgear readynas duo offering smb, ftp, webdav and rsync. 
Seems I
misunderstood the comment to issue #73 ... :-(

After a long time of searching I thought flyback was the solution for my backup
needs. Is there any chance that any of the above network protocols will be 
supported?

Original comment by m...@oclab.net on 28 Oct 2009 at 11:01

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there was rsync support originally, but it was so god-awful slow as to be almost
unusable.  i would consider adding smb tho.  let me try to see if i can get repo
auto-detecting working for it.

Original comment by pub...@kered.org on 29 Oct 2009 at 12:19

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I'm a bit surprised by that. I'm currently using rsync to sync my Data (~80GB) 
to the
NAS. I found it being incredibly fast compared to all other solutions I tried 
before:
Scanning for files that changed takes about some seconds. 

Since only few files change in daily use I put my priority on finding something 
with
fast scanning and did not benchmark the transfer throughput (though rsync 
should (!)
be pretty efficient with that).

Did you think of the scanning or the transferring of files when addressing the 
slow
performance?

Original comment by m...@oclab.net on 29 Oct 2009 at 8:09

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well, i was using rsync over ssh.  that could have been part of it.  but there 
were
other issues w/ rsync as well.  i never could get it to reliably create the
hard-links back to previous versions of the files.

Original comment by pub...@kered.org on 29 Oct 2009 at 1:51

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i added gvfs support, which supports smb.  can't say it's well-tested tho.  =P  
let
me know how it works...
http://flyback.googlecode.com/files/flyback_0.6.1_r111-1_all.deb

Original comment by pub...@kered.org on 29 Oct 2009 at 6:05

• Changed state: Accepted

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note you have to mount your smb share via gnome before flyback will detect it.

Original comment by pub...@kered.org on 29 Oct 2009 at 6:07

• Changed title: add support for NAS-type storages
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement

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Wow, that was fast! :-)

I just did a quick try via gvfs-mount of an sftp account, but that wasn't 
offered as
a target. Currently I can't try smb, I'll do that later (tomorrow?) ...

Btw. I now get a different (more informative) screen when trying to create a new
backup (see screenshot). Nice improvement!

Original comment by m...@oclab.net on 29 Oct 2009 at 9:21

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glad you like.  :)

can you attach the command-line output the program writes when you try to 
create a
backup on the sftp share?
1) click applications -> accessories -> terminal
2) type "/usr/share/flyback/flyback.py" into the window and press return

Original comment by pub...@kered.org on 29 Oct 2009 at 10:01

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It works with gvfs-mounted smb shares! Thanks for the fast support! :-)

Original comment by m...@oclab.net on 30 Oct 2009 at 7:54

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good to hear!  is the performance ok?

Original comment by pub...@kered.org on 31 Oct 2009 at 4:55

• Changed state: Fixed