The other day I setup an Ubuntu 20.04 server that runs a couple of docker containers. Since the machine is equipped with a 1TB hard disk I also wanted to use it as a TimeMachine backup location.
Finding the right configuration took me a while, but with the settings below the disk automatically showed in the TimeMachine settings.
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
min protocol = SMB2
vfs objects = fruit
fruit:metadata = stream
fruit:model = MacSamba
fruit:posix_rename = yes
fruit:veto_appledouble = no
fruit:wipe_intentionally_left_blank_rfork = yes
fruit:delete_empty_adfiles = yes
fruit:aapl = yes
fruit:time machine = yes
server min protocol = SMB2
log file = /var/log/samba/%m
log level = 1[TimeMachine]
comment = TimeMachine
guest only = Yes
path = /home/yourusername/timemachine
force user = yourusername
writeable = yes
Thanks for sharing this.
I was wondering if this is still working for you as I am finding I get an error “ The backup disk image could not be created.”
I’m on Catalina using a ZFS server on Ubuntu.
Hi Jeff – I haven’t had any issues with it so far. I’ll double check the status and config next Monday. 🙂
Feel free to reach out per mail/Twitter, happy to help.
Yup – the config is still the same and backups are running.
Hi,
is there something else I need to install to make it run? In the past Avahi was needed, too.
Thanks for your help
Jürgen
I don’t remember installing anything else, but as Jeff also had some issues, there might be something missing in the config. What’s the issue your having?