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

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

On 15/Oct/2022 06:30 Christopher Pinon <cj...@ex...> wrote ..
> 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.

Hi Christopher,

Are you using a password to authentication via SSH to the remote system,
or a private key? Also, can you SSH with the same credentials from the
command line on your Webmin system?

 - Jamie