I have installed backuppc and can access the CGI interface via apache. Apache runs as the backuppc user. I added the localhost to the backup to run a single backup against the backup server before trying to backup other systems. However, I get the can't read 4 bytes error message when I try to run a backup. I have the user for the host listed as root. However, changing it to backuppc doesn't help. Also, I have set up and tested the ssh keys for both root and backuppc accounts so I don't have to enter anything to log in via ssh. I checked that perl can resolve the localhost and that works. I also tried changing the command to use /usr/bin/sudo $rsycncommand $arglist+ but that also error'ed out.
FInally, ran the command interactively but the results don't seem correct. Specifically, the xfer.log error is: Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root ncsfs2 /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --checksum-seed=32761 --ignore-times . /home/ Xfer PIDs are now 30725 Read EOF: Connection reset by peer Tried again: got 0 bytes Done: 0 files, 0 bytes Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes) Backup aborted (Unable to read 4 bytes) Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0) Also, it this seems command would backup . to /home/ ? At least if run as root that is the exact behavior. Just running the rsync portion of the command takes all files in the current directory and places them directly in /home without subdirectories. Finally, the presence of --server and --sender cause the command to fail as well. Removing them and the command will run interactively but with them it will not. I have deleted and recreated the ssh keys, changed the command line to use sudo which then gives a different error: It says you need a tty to run sudo. At this point I am not sure what to try next. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
