On 26/11/13 09:57, derr12 wrote: > Alright maybe you guys can help me figure out why I cant get this right. Im > following the directions on http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ssh.html. > > Ive generated a private and public key on both client and backuppc servers. > > ive named my public key from the backup PC server thusly; > cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ~/.ssh/BackupPC_id_rsa.pub > > I then copied that file to the client servers root/.ssh folder and added it > to the autherized keys list. > touch ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 > cat BackupPC_id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 > > Because my backuppc server does not have a dns resolvable hostname, i used > from="IPADDRESS" in the autherized_keys2 file > > After that i copied the clients public key over to /root/.ssh/ on the backup > server. added it to known hosts and then fixed permissions. > > > when i run the backup i get the following xfer log; > > > Contents of file /var/lib/backuppc/pc/cableweb3.ca/XferLOG.bad.z, modified > 2013-11-25 14:53:54 > > full backup started for directory /var/lib/psa/dumps > Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root cableweb3.ca /usr/bin/rsync --server > --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links > --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --ignore-times . /var/lib/psa/dumps/ > Xfer PIDs are now 27202 > 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) > > > Im completely stumped. Any suggestions? > Make sure the ssh key is available to the user that is running backuppc (not root).
eg, su -s /bin/bash backuppc ssh root@clientname id Make sure clientname is exactly the same as configured in backuppc, from the above that would be cableweb3.ca Also make sure you get NOTHING other than "root" on a single line. Regards, Adam -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&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/
