The problem is because the versions are different - upgrade the remote version to 1.2.0 or greater, and the problem should go away.

Josh Nisly

Erik Wickstrom wrote:
Hi all,

I kep getting the following traceback when trying to backup over ssh.  The
client is Mac OS X (10.5) and the server is Ubuntu 8.04.

$ rdiff-backup /tmp/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]::/home/allyssa/t
Warning: Local version 1.2.1 does not match remote version 1.1.15.
Exception '
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: rpath.make_file_dict
with arguments: ['/home/allyssawickstrom/t']
' raised of class '<class 'rdiff_backup.Security.Violation'>':
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 302,
in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 319,
in Main
    rps = map(SetConnections.cmdpair2rp, cmdpairs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
line 78, in cmdpair2rp
    return rpath.RPath(conn, filename).normalize()
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 860,
in __init__
    else: self.setdata()
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 884,
in setdata
    self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
448, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
370, in reval
    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in <module>
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 302,
in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 319,
in Main
    rps = map(SetConnections.cmdpair2rp, cmdpairs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
line 78, in cmdpair2rp
    return rpath.RPath(conn, filename).normalize()
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 860,
in __init__
    else: self.setdata()
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 884,
in setdata
    self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
448, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
370, in reval
    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
rdiff_backup.Security.Violation:
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: rpath.make_file_dict
with arguments: ['/home/allyssawickstrom/t']

Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system

Any idea what is causing this?  I've tried compiling rdiff-backup from
source and installing from fink - no luck...

Thanks!
Erik

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