Symptoms
Backup of files with special symbols (e.g. emojis) on a Linux system fails with:
Operating system error: Invalid argument
Cause
Specifics of SMB mount options on Ubuntu.
Solution
- Download patched asamba attached to this article and set variable ASAMBA_DISABLE_NOCASE=1:
wget https://dl.acronis.com/u/kb/69648/asamba_ASAMBA_DISABLE_NOCASE1.tar
mv /usr/lib/Acronis/asamba /usr/lib/Acronis/asamba_orig
mv asamba /usr/lib/Acronis/asamba
chmod 755 /usr/lib/Acronis/asamba
Alternatively, you can download the file by clicking here
- Open the file /usr/sbin/acronis_mms using vim and add the following line before uilimit line:
export ASAMBA_DISABLE_NOCASE=1
- Save changes.
- Restart Acronis MMS service
systemctl restart acronis_mms