[webmin-l] Webmin Backup to file

[Martin, K. <Ken...@do...>]

I see from the mailing list archive that someone asked this question in
the past but there was no final answer and still gets no answer.

If I use Webmin to backup to a file on a remote system using ssh I get
the following output:

  DUMP: Connection to dumbo established.
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Jan 29 13:47:47 2004
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda5 (/usr (dir /r)) to /var/henry_backup/r on host
root@dumbo
  DUMP: Added inode 8 to exclude list (journal inode)
  DUMP: Added inode 7 to exclude list (resize inode)
  DUMP: Label: /usr
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 205651 tape blocks.
  DUMP: /var/henry_backup/r: No such file or directory
  DUMP: Cannot open output "/var/henry_backup/r": No such file or
directory
  DUMP: fopen on /dev/tty fails: No such device or address
  DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
  DUMP: close: Bad file descriptor

If I create the target file with touch then the backup will succeed. If
the target does not exist the the backup does not seem to be able to
create the remote file.

'rmt' is installed on the target server.

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

Kenn Martin.



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