aegir backup

sed: can't read /var/backups/barracuda.sh.cnf: No such file or directory
Rebooted server to no avail.
What is meaning?

I've notice several modules, including cores upload.module, upload files with the permissions 600... which aegir cant read. These files never get moved or backed-up during aegir processes. I always have to chown/chmod files before doing a clone or backup.

This is a huge pain in the rear.

How is everyone dealing with this? Is everyone just not using drupals upload module?

It would be nice to be able to add a description when creating a backup. This would make it easy to identify the current state of a site at that point.
It would also be nice to have the opportunity to rename the file that gets created.

Hi All,

I'd like to run a nightly site backup. I can achieve this on the command line with a command like
/usr/bin/drush -y --root='/var/www/aegir/path-to-drupal' 'provision' 'backup' 'example.com'

However, the backup doesn't show up in the Aegir admin for this site (not surprisingly I guess given that I did the backup from the command line).

The question is then - how can I achieve this? Backup on the command line or otherwise nightly and be able to restore from the Aegir admin. Is there a way to schedule backups in Aegir?