Re: [Duplicity-talk] Backup script not working

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:39 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.

Just throwing in my 2 cents... This smells of SELinux.

>From a root console on the NAS, what does a `ls -alZ` show? Do you see
a SELinux context? Does the user the ftp server is running under have
proper access to the folder? Do you have any "avc: denied" messages in
/var/log.messages?

Jeff