Doveadm Backup issues

[Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay]

Hi,

As said below, I am trying to use doveadm backup. I made some progress, 
but I think I misunderstand some of the basic principles behind the 
command.

My main issue is: when using the -A flag, is there a way to create the 
backup user on the remote server if it doesn't exist there?

Another related question: if backing up on another location on the same 
computer, using -A doesn't seem to recreate the structure of the 
original Maildir (for example, /var/mail/%d%n).

Is there a way to do that?

Best,

Francis

On 02.06.2020 14:31, Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use doveadm backup but I'm having a few issues.
> 
> When trying locally:
> 
> `doveadm backup -D -A maildir:/usr/local/backup`
> 
> It results that no mailbox is separated by user - all seems to sync on
> the same folder, messing up with the folder structure of the original
> maildir.
> 
> When trying remotely:
> 
> `doveadm backup -D -A -N ssh -i mykey root at myremotebackup.com:/backup
> doveadmin dsync-server -A`
> 
> I get this error line for each user:
> 
> dsync-local(theuser at thedomain.com)<5DNrEXdG1l5tAgAAqsACHw>: Error:
> read(remote) failed: EOF (version not received)
> doveadm(theuser at thedomain.com): Fatal: execvp(ssh) failed: No such
> file or directory
> 
> I'd be very thankful if someone could help me with this.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Francis