> -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Goryachev [mailto:mailingli...@websitemanagers.com.au] > Sent: den 11 oktober 2014 13:21 > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes revisited > > On 11/10/14 21:12, Sorin Srbu wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I set up BackupPC at home to make more systematic backups > of mine and wifeys homefolders on the samba-server and ran into the > somewhat dreaded "Unable to read 4 bytes"-error. > > > > Problem is *maybe* that the host to be backed up is running > sshd on port 522. > > Yep, but that is easily solved. > > > What I've done so far is to create the passwordless login with > my backuppc-user to the host, tested and this works. > > As the backuppc-user I can login to the host using ssh over port > 522 without entering a password and becoming root. > > > > Rsync is used as the transfer method, BTW. > > > > In the BPC web-GUI, I've added port 522 to RsyncClientCMD, > so that now it reads: > $sshPath -q -x -l -p 522 root $host $rsyncPath $argList+ > > Was this correct to do? > > > > > No, this is your mistake. You need to know what all those options mean. -l is > the username to use when authenticating with the remote host, you have > provided the username as -p, and then I don't know what 522 and root are > going to be interpreted as, I guess 522 would be the hostname, and root > would become the path to rsync... > > Try this: > $sshPath -q -x -l root -p 522 $host $rsyncPath $argList+ > > > > I've tried to disable iptables on the host, with no change, still > getting the 4 byte-error. > > > > What am I missing?? Is there something with rsync not > connecting properly maybe? > > > > Also, next time please provide the log file as that will usually provide more > information if the solution isn't so easy.
Thanks for the hints. I'll try this when I get home. Seems I assumed to much with the arguments list... 8-/ -- //Sorin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ 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/
