HowTo: backup-manager with IPv6

soern · 07-06-2012, 01:39 AM

Hi,

I recently needed to have backup-manager connect to an IPv6 FTP Server. It's not possible out-of-the-box with current versions, but you can modify the script a little bit and then it works!

He's how:
1. run "apt-get install libnet-inet6glue-perl"
2. open up "/usr/bin/backup-manager-upload"
Insert after "# trying to get Net::FTP." on line 432:

Code:

eval "use Net::INET6Glue::FTP";

So it looks like this in the end:

Code:

# trying to get Net::FTP.
eval "use Net::INET6Glue::FTP";
eval "use Net::FTP";

Save the file and now backups should be FTP'ed to an IPv6-FTP-Server. Reason why I needed this: I've now got some virtual machines that are IPv6-only (IPv6 addresses are free at Hetzner!).

ciao, Sören

EricTRA · 07-10-2012, 01:05 AM

Hello and welcome to LinuxQuestions,

Thanks for this howto. I'm sure someone can put it to use.

Looking forward to your participation in the forums.

Kind regards,

Eric