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? If I run that rsync command manually, what should be produced and where? At 11:39 AM 10/1/2007, John Medway, Rim Semiconductors wrote: >Well, both ssh and sudo each work correctly, as it turns out. But I am >starting to wonder about the actual rsync command and aruments. I don't >know all these switches, and just took this from someone's on-line backuppc >example, so I think that's what I need to research next. > > >At 08:01 AM 10/1/2007, Rob Owens wrote: > > >John Medway, Rim Semiconductors wrote: > > > New install via RPM of version 2.1.2pl2 on Fedora 7. > > > > > > Trying to back up /root (just the root acct. homedir as a small test) on > > > itself, succeeds. Trying to back up /root on another Linux host starts, > > but > > > never terminates or produces any data. > > > > > > > > > Per one of the recommendations on how to run BackUPC securely, I have the > > > following set for the RsyncClientCmd. > > > > > > > > > <http://mckenzie.rimsemi.com/BackupPC?action=view&type=docs#item_%24conf%7brsyncclientcmd%7d>$Conf{RsyncClientCmd} > > > = '$sshPath -l backuppc $host nice -n 19 sudo $rsyncPath $argList+'; > > > > > > > > > The ssh and the sudo succeed, because on the backup target, the following > > > process is running: > > > > > > 4 S root 6133 6132 0 94 19 - 4384 - 14:41 > ? 00:00:04 > > > /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D > > > --links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --one-file-system > > > --ignore-times . /root/ > > > > > > >I had this happen before. Two things: Sudo could be running but > >waiting for a password. SSH could be running, but waiting for the OK to > >connect to a previously unknown host. In both cases, if I remember > >correctly, everything appears to be working but nothing actually gets > >transferred. Since the rsync process is running on the server, it seems > >like SSH has succeeded. Check your sudoers file for proper > >configuration (use the NOPASSWD option) > > > >-Rob > > > > > > > > But it produces nothing in the data dir, and only this in the LOG file: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] fs]# more LOG > > > 2007-09-29 14:41:56 full backup started for directory /root > > > > > > > > > Ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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/ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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/ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
