Adam, This should work with any issue, but can you share the actual ProxyCommand you are using.
Also, what do you get if you log in yourself directly? And you may want to up the verbosity of rdiff-backup output (e.g. -v5) to see what is being returned. Regards Frank On Thu, 2021-06-24 at 17:59 +0100, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > Hi all, > > I run old rdiff-backup 1.2.8 on a remote server and one local behind > an > ssh bastion. > > Direct backup over ssh work fine but I struggle hopping over > intermediary box. All 3 run Debian. > > I've tried ProxyCommand with and without netcat but each time I'm > getting: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------- > > Fatal Error: Truncated header string (problem probably originated > remotely) > > Couldn't start up the remote connection by executing > > ssh -C backup rdiff-backup --server > > Remember that, under the default settings, rdiff-backup must be > installed in the PATH on the remote system. See the man page for > more > information on this. This message may also be displayed if the > remote > version of rdiff-backup is quite different from the local version > (1.2.8). > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------- > > I haven't been able to find any recipes online and I'm assuming it's > feasible. > > Could anyone help? > > Regards, > Adam > >
