Hi Bowie, Thank you for your suggestion. I tried it, but the result is still the same.
I added now the "-v" option to the rsync command. That gives at the end of the failing backup for rsync version 2.6.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- overflow: flags=0x74d l1=0 l2=774910001, lastname= fileListRecieve() failed Done: 0 files, 0 bytes Got fatal error during xfer (fileListRecieve failed) cmdSystem0rEval: about to system /bin/ping -c -l client_machine cmdSystem0rEval: finished: got output PING client_machine (client_IP) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from client_machine (client_IP): icmp_reg=1 ttl=64 time=1.37 ms . CheckHostAlive: returning 0.585 Backup aborted (fileListRecieved failed) Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0) Dump failed: fileListRecieve failed $sh: 5: ?62: not found sh: 5: 9: not found . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And for rsync version 3.0.9 the result ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- overflow: flags=0xe3 l1=17 l2=1169817600, lastname= overflow: flags=0x616d l1=116 l2=4581, lastname=0.mat overflow: flags=0xda l1=0 l2=1174405103, lastname=0.mat overflow: flags=0x844 l1=0 l2=808464433, lastname=0.mat overflow: flags=0x61 l1=116 l2=4581, lastname=0.mat overflow: flags=0x11e7 l1=0 l2=122010112, lastname=0.mat overflow: flags=0x61 l1=116 l2=4573, lastname=0.mat overflow: flags=0x61 l1=116 l2=4600, lastname=0.mat overflow: flags=0x616d l1=116 l2=4594, lastname=0.mat fileListRecieve() failed Done: 0 files, 0 bytes Got fatal error during xfer (fileListRecieve failed) cmdSystem0rEval: about to system /bin/ping -c -l client_machine cmdSystem0rEval: finished: got output PING client_machine (client_IP) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from client_machine (client_IP): icmp_reg=1 ttl=64 time=0.882 ms . CheckHostAlive: returning 0.676 Backup aborted (fileListRecieved failed) Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0) Dump failed: fileListRecieve failed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any idea on that kind of output? Thanks in advance, Thomas -----Original Message----- From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:bowie_bai...@buc.com] Sent: Donnerstag, 29. August 2013 15:20 To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] fileListRecieve failed II On 8/29/2013 4:07 AM, Löffler Thomas J. wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm stuck on this problem without further ideas. Here are some more > information. > > -On the backuppc machine, I rechecked the logon to the client machine > by "su backuppc, ssh -l user_name client_machine" and it works. > > -Backuppc reports additionally in the Backup Summary "Last error is > "Unable to read 4 bytes"". > > -The backup log shows nothing else than "full backup start ." for the > last week, but before also "Aborting backup up after signal INT", > "Aborting backup up after signal ALRM" and "Aborting backup up after > signal PIPE". > Try again using "su - backuppc, ssh ..." The '-' will ensure that you have the backuppc user's environment and not just the permissions. -- Bowie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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/