On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 12:46 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I have some sympathy for the OP. > BackupPC has been running faultlessly on my CentOS-5 system > for a couple of years.
> But I did find it quite difficult to get going, > with the infuriating (and useless) error message > "Unable to read 4 bytes" coming up repeatedly. > > In my case the problem was to do with ssh authentication. That's a fair point. BackupPC assumes you have already sorted out the authentication system before setting up clients. I'm a nut for SSH, but even I found the "Unable to read 4 bytes" error unusually obtuse. It would be nice if BackupPC printed the SSH auth error instead of that. Regards, Tyler -- "Complaining about ionizing radiation on your way to a plane flight is like complaining about a TSA pat-down on your way to Caligula's palace." -- Soren Ragsdale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ 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/
