zmbackup: authentication failed

[cstolley]

I noticed after setting up backups with the default schedule using, "zmschedulebackup -D " that no backups were occurring. I ran the zmbackup command as the zimbra user from the command line and noticed this error message:

zimbra$ /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -f -a all
Error occurred: authentication failed for zimbra

The following shows up in /opt/zimbra/log/audit.log :
2006-08-15 13:53:50,032 INFO [http-7071-Processor49] [ip=127.0.0.1;] security - cmd=AdminAuth; account=zimbra;
2006-08-15 13:53:50,034 WARN [http-7071-Processor49] [ip=127.0.0.1;] security - cmd=AdminAuth; account=zimbra; error=authentication failed for zimbra;

It appears the zimbrabackup java component is generating the message. This is Zimbra NE 3.1.4 on Mac OSX 10.4 on PowerPC.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

thanks!

[KevinH]

Somehow your admin password is not set right. Since this is a network feature you may want to just email support@zimbra.com and they can walk you through that.

[xcoi]

Can you tell me where ZimbraBackup package is in the Zimbra source?

Good luck in everything!

[mmorse]

It's a Network Edition component.

Some FOSS backup methods are listed here: Open Source Edition Backup Procedure - Zimbra :: Wiki