Re: [webmin-l] MySQL dump in Webmin deletes directory if filename matches

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

This is a bug in the current Webmin release - it will forcibly overwrite
any file or directory before you do the backup. I will fix this in the next
release though.

On 15/Sep/2017 03:31 Alfredo Alcaide <lic...@gm...> wrote ..
> Hello to all.
> 
> In Webmin, I was going to dump a database called "proy7" to a file, so in
> the "Backup database" screen I completed the complete path and name of file
> where I wanted to dump that database. Somehow, I didn´t finish the name of
> the file, and typed down only this:
> 
> /var/www/html/proyectos/proy7
> 
> Unfortunately, that's the exact name of the directory where I wanted to
> dump the file. I pressed Enter without checking twice, but I though that
> Webmin was going to tell me that he could not create that file, because it
> was a directory. But to my surprise, the backup was made. And was shocked
> to see that the directory had been deleted, remaining only the file with
> the database backup.
> 
> I tried to do the same using the console, but as I expected, it didn't let
> me dump the database to a file if the directory existed:
> 
> root@servername:/var/www/html/proyectos# mysqldump -u proyecto6 -p
> proyecto6 > proy7
> -bash: proy7: Es un directorio
> 
> (For those who do not know Spanish, it only says that proy7 is a directory)
> 
> Justo to be sure, I've tested all this again, and I confirm that if the
> file name matches an existing directory name in the "Path on server" field,
> the directory is deleted and replaced by the dump.
> 
> I have been extremely lucky because the web site was just a test, so
> nothing important has been lost. And anyways, I have backups of course. But
> I think that it would be a good idea if this could be corrected to avoid
> certain level of panic fiding out that data can be deleted.
> 
> My system configuration is Debian 9.1, Webmin 1.850, and MariaDB 10.1.26.
> Jamie, please tell me if you need further information.
> 
> Kind regards:
> 
> Alfredo