Re: duplicity, backup to ftp and specifying a user name

[Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>]

On 05/29/2006 05:30 PM, Darin Strait wrote:
> I am attempting to use duplicity to store backups at a remote site
> (host.com).
> 
> The ftp user name is someuser@host.com. I do not have control over this
> name. Simply using someuser will not work.
> 
> If I tell duplicity to use:
> 
> ftp://someuser@host.com@host.com
> 
> duplicity seems to not be able to parse the hostname properly and can't
> even connect to the remote server. If I try:
> 
> ftp://someuser@host.com
> 
> I get an error about failed security:
> 
> duplicity.backends.BackendException: (-2, 'Name or service not known')
> 
> I don't see any way to specify a ftp user name through an environment
> variable.
> 
> Does anyone have a way around this, short of my storing the backups
> locally and using ncftp to copy them to the remote site?
> 
> 

Hi Darin,

I've only used duplicity with scp, but maybe you have bug  #238677.  Bug
report has a work-around.

Good luck,
Ralph