userman backup script not running

RouterOS The User Manager
1

Hi mikrotikers,
i backup userman accounts on my routerOS before resetting the config, as a script file named “bakup.rsc”. i moved this file into my computer thru winscp, then moved it back after re-installation. But i have an issue restoring this backup, i use the command "/import bakup.rsc/ but it keeps showing me this error message: "bad argument name lifebytes (line 22 column 5). what does this mean? i’ll appreciate any tips on how to resolve this issue.
Thanks.

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I’m not sure what it means, but I guess some corrupt or incompatible attribute in your rsc file.
Are you performing the backup/restore from command line or web interface? I know earlier versions of UM had issues doing this via the web interface.
I think the error message is rather specific; you can open the file with notepad or some other text viewer and assess for inconsistencies, especially around the specified location (line 22 column 5).

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Thanks for that response.
I did the backup from WinBox terminal console CLI, the main menu. When i viewed the rsc file with notepad i saw that it has actually backed up the whole config including the software ID of the routerOS. Meanwhile, the new installation i did was on a different routerOS, could that be the problem? What else can i do to get this bakup.rsc restored? Thanks.

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You’ll have to edit the rsc file and remove the ‘bad arguments’.
It should look like this:

/tool user-manager user
add comment="xxxx" customer=eneimi disabled=no name=xxxx password=\
    xxxx phone=xxxx shared-users=x
add comment="xxxx" customer=eneimi disabled=no name=xxxx password=\
    xxxx phone=xxxx shared-users=x
add comment="xxxx" customer=eneimi disabled=no name=xxxx password=\
    xxxx phone=xxxx shared-users=x

Next time when you want to back up your UM users:

/tool user-manager user export file=backup.rsc
5

Thanks for the tips. I’ll work on editing the bad argument.
Cheers.