diff --git a/ftp-backup.sh b/ftp-backup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+FTP_CREDS="/root/backup/ftpserver.login"
+
+BACKUP_SYSTEM="bin boot dev lib mnt opt sbin usr"
+BACKUP_CONFIG="etc"
+BACKUP_USER="home root"
+BACKUP_VAR="var"
+
+# ------------------
+
+umask 0077
+TODAY=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
+OLDDAY=`date +%Y-%m-%d -d '-6 months'`
+TMPDIR=`mktemp -d`
+
+# ------------------
+
+function create_backup {
+    echo "## "`date`
+    target=$1
+    shift
+    rm -rf $target
+    tar --totals -czpf $target -C / $@ 2>&1
+    /usr/bin/md5sum -b $target
+    echo
+}
+
+function ftp_push_delete {
+    echo "## "`/bin/date`
+    target=$1
+    shift
+
+    # workaround -X %s bug in ncftpput (do not use absolute local paths)
+    pushd . &> /dev/null
+    cd $TMPDIR
+    for file in $@; do
+        files="$files `/usr/bin/basename $file`"
+    done
+    /usr/bin/ncftpput -V -X "SITE CHMOD 600 %s" -f $FTP_CREDS $target $files
+    popd &> /dev/null
+    # end workaround
+
+    echo
+}
+
+function ftp_list {
+    echo "## "`date`
+    ftp_host=`/usr/bin/awk '/host/{ print $2 }' $FTP_CREDS`
+    /usr/bin/ncftpls -l -f $FTP_CREDS ftp://${ftp_host}/
+    echo
+}
+
+function ftp_delete {
+    echo "delete $1"
+    ftp_host=`/usr/bin/awk '/host/{ print $2 }' $FTP_CREDS`
+    /usr/bin/ncftpls -l -f $FTP_CREDS -X "DELE $1" ftp://${ftp_host}/ &> /dev/null
+}
+
+# ------------------
+
+create_backup $TMPDIR/backup-${TODAY}-system.tar.gz $BACKUP_SYSTEM
+create_backup $TMPDIR/backup-${TODAY}-config.tar.gz $BACKUP_CONFIG
+create_backup $TMPDIR/backup-${TODAY}-user.tar.gz $BACKUP_USER
+create_backup $TMPDIR/backup-${TODAY}-var.tar.gz $BACKUP_VAR
+
+ftp_push_delete / $TMPDIR/backup-${TODAY}-*.tar.gz
+
+ftp_delete backup-${OLDDAY}-system.tar.gz
+ftp_delete backup-${OLDDAY}-config.tar.gz
+ftp_delete backup-${OLDDAY}-user.tar.gz
+ftp_delete backup-${OLDDAY}-var.tar.gz
+
+ftp_list
+
+echo "FTP backup completed."
+rm -rf $TMPDIR
diff --git a/ftpserver.login b/ftpserver.login
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+++ b/ftpserver.login
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+# ftp-server account data (chmod 0600!)
+host ftp.server.net
+user bla
+pass blub