There was a Debian/Ubuntu bug in ssh a few months back. Update your ssh server and client software and then try again to see if you get the same error. Note that the update will recreate your server keys, and you'll need to create new public/private keypairs for your users (backuppc user, in particular).
-Rob brunal wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using backuppc on a Dlink DNS-323 with fun_plug. > > Everything is fine but when I try to launch a (full and first) backup > I get this error : > [Code] > full backup started for directory /home/racine/archives > Running: /ffp/bin/ssh -v -x -l root 192.168.1.2 /ffp/bin/rsync -v -- > server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links -- > hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --ignore-times . / > home/racine/archives/ > Xfer PIDs are now 624 > Got remote protocol 1852141647 > Fatal error (bad version): OpenSSH_5.0p1 > Sent exclude: /home/racine/rd/audio/banque2sons > Sent exclude: /home/racine/rd/audio/loops > ... > Read EOF: > Tried again: got 0 bytes > fileListReceive() failed > Done: 0 files, 0 bytes > Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed) > Backup aborted (fileListReceive failed) > [/Code] > > So on linux machine I want to backup (192.168.1.2), it's a Ubuntu > 7.04, and the openssh package install is 4.3p2-8ubuntu1.4 . I've just > upgrade the server packages. It seems that ubuntu 8.04 got openssh > package 5.0p1, but I don't want to dist-upgrade now, because I want > to backup the server before upgrading (vicious cycle isn't it?) > > On the backup server where backuppc is running, the openssh package > is OpenSSH_5.0p1 . > > Does anyone have an idea, how I can solve this problem? The error is > bad version : but does it means OpenSSH_5.0p1 is the bad version or > is it 4.3p2-8 the bad version? > > What is strange is that I can ssh without problem nor error from the > backup server to the server to backup (192.168.1.2). > I also can run a command like > [Code] > rsync -t 192.168.1.2:~/truc.txt ./tmp/ > [/Code] > wihtout any problem, which use ssh and a public key. > > ??? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ******************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information could be intercepted, corrupted lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard copy version. ******************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
