Re: [webmin-l] [BUG?] remote backup files

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 7/Jul/2006 12:05 Pat Erler wrote ..
> hi
> On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:07:58 +0200, Roger B.A. Klorese  
> <ro...@qu...> wrote:
> 
> > Pat Erler wrote:
> >> in backup filesystem, when i choose remote backup via ssh i get this
> >> error:
> >>
> >> bash: line 1: /usr/libexec/rmt: No such file or directory
> >> what is missing here?
> > You haven't installed rmt on the server.
> sure i have:
> 
> #locate rmt
> /etc/alternatives/rmt
> /etc/alternatives/rmt.8.gz
> /etc/rmt
> /sbin/rmt
> /usr/include/rpc/pmap_rmt.h
> /usr/sbin/rmt
> /usr/sbin/rmt-tar
> /usr/share/doc/tk8.3/examples/rmt
> /usr/share/man/man8/rmt-tar.8.gz
> /usr/share/man/man8/rmt.8.gz
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.15.1/drivers/net/skfp/rmt.c
> /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/rmt
> 
> but somehow the paths in webmin(?) are not correct, it seems..
> 
> all this is debian 3.1, btw..

Are both the client and server systems Debian 3.1? It looks like
the backup client's tar command is expecting the rmt command to be
at /usr/libexec/rmt, when it is really at /etc/rmt.

One work-around would be to run

ln -s /etc/rmt /usr/libexec/rmt

on the destination server.

 - Jamie