I have several new mac's to add to the backups and have not been able to get them backing up. Prefer to use rsync. This is existing backuppc 4.4.0 that has been running for a year+ and successfully works with linux and windows boxes.
I can ssh successfully from backuppc server. ssh -l username clientip I set RsyncSshArgs to include $sshPath -l username for that clientIP and the scope of the backup is that user's files. XferMethod is rsync. I tried using the existing mac rsync (/usr/bin/rsync) but get errors in the log: bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0 2023-01-22 09:40:17 full backup started for directory /Users/username 2023-01-22 09:40:19 Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0]) 2023-01-22 09:40:24 Backup aborted (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0]) 2023-01-22 09:40:24 Removing empty backup #0 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host theClientIP 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host theClientIP got 0 errors (took 0 secs) 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors 2023-01-22 09:40:24 Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 0 sec) Maybe I've got a flag wrong in RsyncSshArgs or RsyncArgs or the other Full and Inc variables. No overrides. Some googling and saw concerns that rsync version may have compatibility issues. Currently installed /usr/bin/rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29. I installed updated rsync via brew on one the mac and now have /opt/homebrew/Cellar/rsync/3.2.7/bin/rsync. I set RsyncClientPath to /opt/homebrew/Cellar/rsync/3.2.7/bin/rsync and tried again and see same error. 2023-01-22 09:17:45 Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0]) 2023-01-22 09:17:50 Backup aborted (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0] Since ping is disabled by default on ventura, I alleviate that check by override $PingCmd to $pingPath -c 1 127.0.0.1. If you have suggestion on better way to verify mac is online in an office environment, please share. Sammy
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