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hi, i have used the generated backup script from nixCraft.
I tried command line to run my scripts, but failed at the ncftp area whereby the error is:
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MKD /home/backup/incremental failed; [Create directory operation failed.]
Could not mkdir /home/backup/incremental: server said: Create directory operation failed.
MKD /home/backup/incremental/07-07-2008 failed; [Create directory operation failed.]
Could not mkdir /home/backup/incremental/07-07-2008: server said: Create directory operation failed.
Could not chdir to /home/backup/incremental/07-07-2008: server said: Failed to change directory.
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I am running centos 5 and installed the lastest ncftp-3.2.1-linux-x86-glibc2.3-export.tar.gz file.

i have given permission for the dir to be writable. Any help?
I have searched and found it might be the ncftp config. This is my ncftp config:
### FTP server Setup ###
FTPD="/home/backup/incremental"
FTPU="backup"
FTPP="mypass"
FTPS="my.site.com"
NCFTP=$(which ncftpput)

Thanks if anyone can shed some light.

funny thing is that i tried the comman line > ncftp -u backup my.site.com.
login and tried to create dir incremental and change directory it is okay.

but when i invoked my sh script to do the backup, it failed to create the very same directory?

i am using root to run the sh.

can you paste your script here? Make sure you use full path name in shell script.

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Hi my script can be found below. I only changed the server addr and user/pass.

#!/bin/bash
# System + MySQL backup script
# Full backup day - Sun (rest of the day do incremental backup)
# Copyright (c) 2005-2006 nixCraft <Contact / Email us>
# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
# Automatically generated by FTP MySQL and Webserver System Backup script
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
## System Setup ###
DIRS="/var/www/data-backup"
BACKUP=/tmp/backup.$$
NOW=$(date +"%d-%m-%Y")
INCFILE="/root/tar-inc-backup.dat"
DAY=$(date +"%a")
FULLBACKUP="Sun"
### MySQL Setup ###
MUSER="root"
MPASS="mysqlpass"
MHOST="localhost"
MYSQL="$(which mysql)"
MYSQLDUMP="$(which mysqldump)"
GZIP="$(which gzip)"
### FTP server Setup ###
FTPD="/home/backup/incremental"
FTPU="backup"
FTPP="mypass"
FTPS="my.site.com"
NCFTP=$(which ncftpput)

### Other stuff ###
EMAILID="admin@my.site.com"
### Start Backup for file system ###
[ ! -d $BACKUP ] && mkdir -p $BACKUP || :
### See if we want to make a full backup ###
if [ "$DAY" == "$FULLBACKUP" ]; then
FTPD="/var/www/data-backup/full"
FILE="fs-full-$NOW.tar.gz"
tar -zcvf $BACKUP/$FILE $DIRS
else
i=$(date +"%Hh%Mm%Ss")
FILE="fs-i-$NOW-$i.tar.gz"
tar -g $INCFILE -zcvf $BACKUP/$FILE $DIRS
fi
### Start MySQL Backup ###
# Get all databases name
DBS="$($MYSQL -u $MUSER -h $MHOST -p$MPASS -Bse 'show databases')"
for db in $DBS
do
FILE=$BACKUP/mysql-$db.$NOW-$(date +"%T").gz
$MYSQLDUMP -u $MUSER -h $MHOST -p$MPASS $db | $GZIP -9 > $FILE
done
### Dump backup using FTP ###
#Start FTP backup using ncftp
ncftp -u"$FTPU" -p"$FTPP" $FTPS<<EOF
mkdir $FTPD
mkdir $FTPD/$NOW
cd $FTPD/$NOW
lcd $BACKUP
mput *
quit
EOF
### Find out if ftp backup failed or not ###
if [ "$?" == "0" ]; then
rm -f $BACKUP/*
else
T=/tmp/backup.fail
echo "Date: $(date)">$T
echo "Hostname: $(hostname)" >>$T
echo "Backup failed" >>$T
mail -s "BACKUP FAILED" "$EMAILID" <$T
rm -f $T
fi

if it helps, here is the part where the ncftp failed messages:

NcFTP 3.2.1 (Jul 29, 2007) by Mike Gleason (NcFTP Software: Contacts).
Connecting to 68.178.255.99...
(vsFTPd 2.0.5)
Logging in...
Login successful.
Logged in to my.site.com.
MKD /home/backup/incremental failed; [Create directory operation failed.]
Could not mkdir /home/backup/incremental: server said: Create directory operation failed.
MKD /home/backup/incremental/09-07-2008 failed; [Create directory operation failed.]
Could not mkdir /home/backup/incremental/09-07-2008: server said: Create directory operation failed.
Could not chdir to /home/backup/incremental/09-07-2008: server said: Failed to change directory.
fs-i-09-07-2008-03h22m07s.tar.gz: 1.18 kB 0.98 MB/s
mysql-mytestdata.09-07-2008-03:22:07.gz: 6.97 kB 6.24 MB/s
mysql-information_schema.09-07-2008-03:22:07.gz: 384.00 B 374.25 kB/s
mysql-mysql.09-07-2008-03:22:07.gz: 86.09 kB 34.99 MB/s
mysql-test.09-07-2008-03:22:08.gz: 373.00 B 345.92 kB/s

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Do you have /home/backup/ directory on FTP server? Are permissions correct on /home/backup/ for ftp user?

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Rocky Jr.
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yes the dir /home/backup does exist and i even chmod 777 to it to test still no luck.

That dir belongs to user "backup".
Is it to do with Vsftpd config? i m guessing cos i googled and some leads to that file.

guess what, i changed the following:

FTPD="/home/backup/incremental"

to

FTPD="incremental"

and now it works! but not sure if called from cron job will it be oky need to check again.

Based on the above i assume that ncftp logins the user "backup" and using fullpath it failed to create "incremental" dir into its own dir?
or am i doing something wrong with the config?

look through the ncftp website..found ths line in the manual:

"This version of ncftp no longer does command-line FTP, since the main ncftp program is more of a browser-type program"

Is this the case why fullpath mkdir (i.e. /home/backup/incremental) not working?

another problem...now i have server A which i want to backup the MySQL data and have this files ftp over to server B.

But server B is having sftp port 22 and ncftp seems not able to connect to sftp. Does this means i need to get another ftp client? any recommendation?

sorry for so many post and questions..need to solve this asap.