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

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

On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:40:30 +0200, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> =
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wrote:

> On 7/Jul/2006 11:02 Pat Erler wrote ..
>> On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:21:26 +0200, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...=
m>
>> 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=
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>> this
>> >> >> error:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> bash: line 1: /usr/libexec/rmt: No such file or directory
>> >> >> what is missing here?
>> where does the backup client's tar command it's information about rmt=
?
>
> As far as I know, it is built into the  tar program.
>
>> > One work-around would be to run
>> >
>> > ln -s /etc/rmt /usr/libexec/rmt
i'm a bit uncomfortable with this..

> It looks to me like a problem in tar.
i'm not really sure what to make out of this usenet postings:

http://groups.google.com/groups?client=3Dopera&rls=3Den&q=3D%2Fusr%2Flib=
exec%2Frmt%20debian%20tar&sourceid=3Dopera&oe=3DUTF-8&ie=3DUTF-8&sa=3DN&=
tab=3Dwg

but i think it would be more correct to handle the problem when calling =
 =

tar in webmin:

--rmt-command=3Dcmd
Notifies tar that it should use cmd instead of the default  =

/usr/libexec/rmt (see Remote Tape Server).

from:

http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Option-Summary.html

in case of debian 3.1 /etc/rmt or /usr/sbin/rmt. in 3.0 it's the same, i=
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just checked an ancient server of mine.

what do you think? have other distributions maybe the same problem maybe=
?

what i really wonder is, i use this functions since years on debian  =

systems and never stumbled over this problem...


PAT