diff -up e-smith-backup-2.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup.handle-dirs-using-DirHandle e-smith-backup-2.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup
--- e-smith-backup-2.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup.handle-dirs-using-DirHandle	2011-04-09 13:40:27.000000000 +0200
+++ e-smith-backup-2.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2011-04-09 14:05:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use esmith::cgi;
 use esmith::util;
 use esmith::lockfile;
 use File::Find;
+use DirHandle;
 
 $File::Find::dont_use_nlink = 1;  # fix for Windows shares
 
@@ -1226,13 +1227,15 @@ sub WorkstnBackupConfig1
 	$q, undef, $fm->localise('CONFIGURE_WORKSTN_BACKUP'));
 
     if ( $VFSType eq 'usb' ) {
-	my @usbdisklist;
-	@usbdisklist = qx'ls /media';
-	for (@usbdisklist) {
-	    next if /floppy/;
-	    next if /cdrom/;
-	    push @usbdisks, $_;
-	    }
+        my $d = new DirHandle "/media/";
+        if (defined $d) {
+            while (defined($_ = $d->read)) {
+                unless ($_ =~ m/(floppy|cdrom|\.\.|\.)/i) {
+                    push @usbdisks, $_;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
 	unless (scalar @usbdisks) {
 	    esmith::cgi::genResult(
 		    $fm->{cgi}, $fm->localise('ERR_NO_USB_DISK'));