[webmin-l] Issue with backing up *via ssh* from a Linux system to a NetBSD system using the "Filesystem Backup" module

[Christopher P. <cj...@ex...>]

Hi,

I've been using Webmin for a few years and am currently using v. 2.000 .

I've noticed a significant issue with backing up *via ssh* from a Linux 
system to a NetBSD system using the "Filesystem Backup" module. In fact, 
this is an issue that I've always experienced with Webmin, but I thought 
that I would finally ask about it. :-)

First of all, backing up *via ftp* from Linux to NetBSD works fine 
(whether by dump or by tar), and this is what I've been doing.

However, backing up *via ssh* from Linux to NetBSD doesn't work for some 
reason. If I start a backup from Linux to NetBSD, the process begins and 
takes a long time and finally gives up (or after a long time, I give up 
and terminate the process). There's never ever any trace of the dump or 
tar file on the NetBSD system.

(As a sanity check, backing up via ssh from Linux to Linux *does* work 
for me.)

Naturally, ssh/sftp work fine on the NetBSD system -- after all, it's 
(standard) OpenSSH.

Webmin doesn't display any error message, as far as I can tell: the 
backup process simply doesn't succeed after a long while. None of the 
files miniserv.error , miniserv.log , or webmin.log seems to indicate 
that anything went wrong, as far as I can tell.

I wanted to ask: is this a known issue? Where could I look for the 
source of the error?

I'd be grateful for any advice.

C.