diff -ruN e-smith-backup-2.0.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup e-smith-backup-2.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup
--- e-smith-backup-2.0.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2010-06-12 08:22:44.000000000 +0100
+++ e-smith-backup-2.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2010-06-12 08:28:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@
 	
     my $backupwkStation = $q->param ('backupwkStation');
     if ( $VFSType eq 'usb') { $backupwkStation = 'localhost' }
-    if ($backupwkStation =~ /^(.*)$/) {
+    if ($backupwkStation =~ /^\s*(\S+)\s*$/) {
 	$backupwkStation = $1;
     } else {
         $backupwkStation = "";