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

[Pat E. <mai...@pa...>]

On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:21:26 +0200, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...>  
wrote:

> 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:
>> >> 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:
>> 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
yes both are stable debian 3.1

> the backup client's tar command is expecting the rmt command to be
> at /usr/libexec/rmt, when it is really at /etc/rmt.
where does the backup client's tar command it's information about rmt?

> One work-around would be to run
>
> ln -s /etc/rmt /usr/libexec/rmt
>
> on the destination server.
i'm quite sure it did work in earlier webmin versions. is it a problem in  
tar or webmin?

PAT