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Specifying an inaccessible location in nc-backup.cfg causes backups.php to crash and admin panel to be inaccessible
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Description
If there is an inaccessible or non-existent location specified as the 'DESTDIR -> value' in nc-backup.cfg, then backups.php will crash when you try to load the admin console at port 4443, and the admin console becomes inaccessible.
Note that you can easily end up with an inaccessible location in the nc-backup.cfg file if you, for example, attached a drive for purpose of backup, and mounted it at a temporary location for the duration of the backup. Then after the backup completes you remove le drive and the mount point goes away.
Note that this seems related to issue #1729
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Research direction
Start by reading backups.php and the DESTDIR value in nc-backup.cfg, then reproduce the admin-console failure with a missing or inaccessible destination. Trace how that invalid location is handled when the console loads; done means backups.php no longer crashes and the admin panel remains accessible.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php, shell
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100