Re: db backup script in gentoo

Scott,

> emerge lftp

root # emerge lftp
Calculating dependencies... done!

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-ftp/lftp-3.4.6 to /
>>> Downloading 'http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
--23:39:28-- http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz
=> `/usr/portage/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
Lahendan distfiles.gentoo.org... 64.50.236.52, 64.50.238.52,
140.211.166.134, ...
Loon C¼hendust serveriga distfiles.gentoo.org|64.50.236.52|:80... C¼hendus
loodud.
HTTP pC¤ring saadetud, ootan vastust... 404 Not Found
23:39:29 VIGA 404: Not Found.

>>> Downloading
>>> 'http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
--23:39:29--
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz
=> `/usr/portage/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
Lahendan distro.ibiblio.org... 152.46.7.109
Loon C¼hendust serveriga distro.ibiblio.org|152.46.7.109|:80... C¼hendus
loodud.
HTTP pC¤ring saadetud, ootan vastust... 404 Not Found
23:39:31 VIGA 404: Not Found.

>>> Downloading 'ftp://lftp.yar.ru/lftp/old/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
--23:39:31-- ftp://lftp.yar.ru/lftp/old/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz
=> `/usr/portage/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
Lahendan lftp.yar.ru... 193.233.48.99
Loon C¼hendust serveriga lftp.yar.ru|193.233.48.99|:21... ebaCµnnestus:
Connection refused.
!!! Couldn't download 'lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'. Aborting.

> Because ftp is running as a cron? Doesn't have the right permissions?

I ran script from command line as root.
Running from cron does not also upload copy. since I used cron -e as root,
script runs probably in cron also as root.

> Because it appeared the username and password were failing?
> Maybe a lack of EOF in the
> original example you posted. Could be a lot of reasons.

This script tries to write to /root/my-backup directory in ftp server which
fails.
I fixed this and now it works.
There is no EOF in script but it still works.

Thank you very much for quick help, it was really useful!

> What? Only root can access /root directory. Or do you mean something
> else? Only things that should be run by root are things that
> genuinely need to, and this doesn't look like one of them.
> Looks like you're trying to write to the /root directory. Don't do that.

There are no console users in this server other than root. /home directory
is empty.
console access is used only some times in year.

Andrus.