Check out selinux, use audit2allow to enable ssh root access. On the other side it appears that you have a dirty shell you may try rsync -e. Another guess is that you are trying to backup a device, socket or other special file and still another one, check the backuppctopdir (wherever its mounted) Cheers, Pedro Oliveira www.linux-geex.com On Apr 9, 2012 7:18 PM, "Shang-Lin Chen" <sc...@gps.caltech.edu> wrote:
> I recently upgraded a host from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to Red Hat > Enterprise Linux 6. Since then, BackupPC backups have not been working. > > I'm using rsync over ssh. I commented out 'Defaults requiretty' from > visudo on the upgraded host and added '-tt' flags to the ssh command to > get rid of error messages about lack of a tty. Now, when I start a full > backup, the backup begins to run, but 20 hours later, it's still running > until it exits with the message: "Aborting backup up after signal ALRM." > This looks like a timeout. Full backups of this host used to take less > than four hours. > > When I look in the last bad XferLog, I see the following: > > full backup started for directory / (baseline backup #433) > Running: /usr/bin/ssh -tt -q -x -l backuppc myhostname sudo /usr/bin/rsync > --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links > --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --one-file-system > --ignore-times . / > Xfer PIDs are now 15493 > Got remote protocol 1701274484 > Fatal error (bad version): tcgetattr: Invalid argument > > Sent exclude: /proc > Sent exclude: /tmp > Sent exclude: /wavearchive* > Remote[66]: nvalid argument > > followed by a very long list of symbols and characters that probably > indicate files being backed up, such as: > > �I�O� . �VcOmA mnt � K�A > lost+found@ْ_O�A netC�`O�A media � K dev yk�O boot �x`OmA > .autorelabel<�`O�� srv � K�A opt ;iO .autofsck<�`O�� etc0 j O�A > backup1 +[jO�A usr ��iO�A sys �`O home � K cgroup O�=L sbin0:>tOmA > miscC�`O�A var M�`O selinux �o`O root �� OhA www rcO�A bin :>tOmA > lib08>tO opt/sun ;iO�A: /javadb оiO8 /register.htmlC4(��J��8 demo > ξiO�A: ocs ϾiO: javadoc ѾiO8 LICENSE^,%��J��� > index.html� � RELEASE-NOTES.html,V� NOTICE% � 3RDPARTY�+8 bin ;iO�A: > lib ξiO8 demo/README.txtZ 1��J��8 templates ξiO�A� databases � > programs 8 templates/server.policy� 3��J��: databases/toursdb.jar�� > 4��J8% ξiO�A�% /log 8& service.propertiesu 4��J��8( g0 ξiO�A8& > log/logmirror.ctrl03��J���- .ctrl0�- 1.dat �& seg0/c90.dat`�, 311.dat �, > 150.dat �, 371.dat �, 1f1.dat �, 31.dat@�, 161.dat �, 251.dat@�, 1b1.dat@�, > 2c1.dat �, 101.dat �, 3b1.dat �, a1.dat`�, 111.dat �, 461.dat �, 20.datp�- > 41.dat �, 51.dat@�, 4c0.dat��, 230.dat@ �, 1d1.dat �, 4d1.dat��, 361.dat > �- 40.dat :, b1.dat 4��J:, 331.dat 3��J�, 260.dat �, 3a1.dat �, 41.dat@�, > 200.dat �- d0.dat �, 420.dat0�, 130.dat �, 211.dat �, 10.dat �, 3c0.dat �- > 00.dat �, 1a1.dat :, f0.dat 4��J:, 180.dat�3��J�, 221.dat �, 411.dat �, > 510.dat �, 121.dat :, c0.dat 4��J:, 281.dat 3��J�, 450.dat0�, 501.dat �, > 2a1.dat �, 4f0.dat �, 1c0.dat �, 290.dat �, 480.dat �, 81.dat �, 1e0.dat > �, 400.dat �, 191.dat@�, 2e1.dat �, 3e1.dat �, 4a1.datp�, 141.dat �, > 380.dat �, 271.dat �, 391.dat �- 51.dat �, 491.datp�- e1.dat�:, e1.dat > 4��J:, 321.dat 3��J�, 2f0.dat �, 441.dat �, 71.dat �, 4b1.dat��, 3d1.dat �, > 431.dat :, d1.dat 4��J:, 171.dat 3��J�, 2b1.dat �, 60.dat �, 3f1.dat �, > 471.dat 8 programs/vtis ξiO�A� simplemobile 8 demo.html" 3��J��� > csfull.cssV58 localcal ξiO�A8 derbylogo128_bluebg.png� 3��J��8 toursdb > ξiO�A� nserverdemo � scores 8 navbar.html� 3��J��� readme.html� 8 > workingwithderby ξiO�A� simple 8 vtis/README� 2��J��8" java ξiO�A�" data > �" sql �" java/org �* /apache �1 > /derbyDemo �; /vtis �@ /core �A snapshot �A example 8A > core/VTIHelper.java8 2��J���F FlatFileVTI.javaM �F XmlVTI.java�.�F > VTITemplate.javaC|�FQueryRow.java� �K VTIHelper.java 5�F XMLRow.javau �F > StringColumnVTI.javaa@�A#snapshot/SubscriptionSignature.javaN �K > napshotQuery.java| �K ubscription.java�T�A example/VTIs.java� �I > DerbyJiraReportVTI.java� �I WorldDBSnapshot.java� �I > ApacheServerLogVTI.javat �I SubversionLogVTI.java� �I LineListVTI.java" �I > PropertyFileVTI.java� �" data/DerbyJiraReport.xml � �' svn_log.txt�t > > Could somebody help figure out what's going on here? > > Thanks, > Shang-Lin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >
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