Re: [Duplicity-talk] Backup script not working

[Kenneth Loafman]

On my Synology NAS I have to use the full path to my directory, i.e. homes/ken/testdup.  A lot of FTP servers cd to the user's home directory.  Some do not.

...Ken

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:40 PM edgar.soldin--- via Duplicity-talk <duplicity-talk@nongnu.org> wrote:

as i read it

"
<--- 257 "/" is the current directory
---- CWD path to be sent is `/share/backups'
---> CWD /share/backups
<--- 550 /share/backups: No such file or directory
cd: Access failed: 550 /share/backups: No such file or directory
---> MKD share
<--- 550 share: Forbidden filename
---> MKD share/backups
<--- 550 share/backups: File exists
---> MKD share/backups/
<--- 550 share/backups/: File exists
mkdir: Access failed: 550 share/backups/: File exists
"

the ftp server on you NAS is confused here and sending mixed signals. first it states "cd: Access failed: 550 /share/backups: No such file or directory" then it won't allow creating it "mkdir: Access failed: 550 share/backups/: File exists" saying it is already there.

from the top of my head:

1. does accessing the ftp space with another client work properly?

2. what happens if you try another folder. just 'test' maybe?

3. not sure if ftp backends support it, but also you might try to add an extra '/' to signal that you want to address an absolute path on the ftp server space (looks like it). e.g.
 ftp://<username>@192.168.2.15//share/backups

4. we've got another ftp backend utilizing ncftp , you may try if that works better and pinpoint whether it's a duplicity backend incompatibility.

5. and the rclone backend supports ftp too

good luck.. ede/duply.net

On 25.08.2021 23:56, bobby wrote:
> https://pastebin.com/NRi5gG5a <https://pastebin.com/NRi5gG5a>
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 7:58 PM edgar.soldin--- via Duplicity-talk <duplicity-talk@nongnu.org <mailto:duplicity-talk@nongnu.org>> wrote:
>
>     On 25.08.2021 01:35, bobby via Duplicity-talk wrote:
>     > I used the first backup script on this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DuplicityBackupHowto <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DuplicityBackupHowto> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DuplicityBackupHowto <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DuplicityBackupHowto>>.  I run it, and I get the following:
>     >
>     > cd: Access failed: 550 /share/backups: No such file or directory
>     > mkdir: Access failed: 550 share/backups/: File exists
>     >
>     > When I check on my storage device, that directory does exist.  
>     > What would cause this to happen? 
>
>     hi Bobby,
>
>     please provide the complete output of a run with maximum verbosity '-v9' . obfuscate anything you deem private in it before posting it. if it is too big for the list you may post a pastebin link as well.
>
>     ..ede/duply.net <http://duply.net>
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