John Medway, Rim Semiconductors wrote: > OK, so it boils down to one machine on which this happens. > All the others are just fine, with what should be the same > sshd and sudo config, but there are different versions of > the rsync packages, so I tried updating that. > > Still the infinite hang, just trying to back up /boot and > /root and /etc as a small test. > > Ideas on what I should check next? > > you should also check your sudoers file for a "requiretty" option.
Later versions had this enabled and it means that to sudo you need to come from a valid tty. if that is happening usually sudo logs errors into /var/log/messages. If you have requiretty in the sudoers file, remove it and try the backup. Hope that helps. Regards, Les ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
