Re: [BackupPC-users] Funny ssh Problems
Nils Breunese (Lemonbit Internet) writes: Travis Fraser wrote: What version of rsync are you using? Later versions need --devices changed to -D in $Conf{RsyncArgs}. I guess I need to change this for $Conf{RsyncRestoreArgs} as well? Yes. Craig ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Funny ssh Problems
Randall Barlow wrote: Sorry for the post - as fate would have it I resolved the issue just minutes after posting it. It turns out that I had only attempted to connect to remotehost.remotedomain as I was testing how well the ssh key pair worked, but backuppc was just trying to connect to remotehost (thus, the name remotehost hadn't been added to the known_hosts and it was asking the yes/no question which backuppc wasn't expecting/ shouldn't expect :)) I have the same problem (fileListReceive failed): Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root full-hostname /usr/bin/rsync -- server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group --devices -- links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --exclude=/proc --ignore- times . / Xfer PIDs are now 12189 Got remote protocol 29 fileListReceive() failed Done: 0 files, 0 bytes Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed) Backup aborted (fileListReceive failed) I'm using the rsync transfer method. However, when I do 'su - backuppc' I can run 'ssh root@full-hostname' just fine and I end up at the prompt of the client machine. Where else do I check what's wrong? Nils Breunese. Randall Barlow wrote: OK, So I have the system backing up my localhost OK, and two other windows machines, but I'm having trouble getting it to work with rsync over ssh for a remote host. I am running backuppc as user apache, and so I've created a public/private key pair and stored it in ~apache/.ssh/id_rsa on the local server, and have added it to the root user's authorized keys for the remote server. Now if I su apache, I am allowed to ssh to the remote host without being asked for a password. However, when I try to backup the remote machine via the CGI, I get the error: fileListReceive failed. Inspecting the logs: Fatal error (bad version): Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Read EOF: Tried again: got 0 bytes fileListReceive() failed Done: 0 files, 0 bytes Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed) Backup aborted (fileListReceive failed) Has anybody seen this problem before? It seems like it's trying to open up an X window for some reason, any ideas? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Funny ssh Problems
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 19:22 +0200, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit Internet) wrote: Randall Barlow wrote: Sorry for the post - as fate would have it I resolved the issue just minutes after posting it. It turns out that I had only attempted to connect to remotehost.remotedomain as I was testing how well the ssh key pair worked, but backuppc was just trying to connect to remotehost (thus, the name remotehost hadn't been added to the known_hosts and it was asking the yes/no question which backuppc wasn't expecting/ shouldn't expect :)) I have the same problem (fileListReceive failed): Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root full-hostname /usr/bin/rsync -- server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group --devices -- links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --exclude=/proc --ignore- times . / Xfer PIDs are now 12189 Got remote protocol 29 fileListReceive() failed Done: 0 files, 0 bytes Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed) Backup aborted (fileListReceive failed) I'm using the rsync transfer method. However, when I do 'su - backuppc' I can run 'ssh root@full-hostname' just fine and I end up at the prompt of the client machine. Where else do I check what's wrong? What version of rsync are you using? Later versions need --devices changed to -D in $Conf{RsyncArgs}. Nils Breunese. Randall Barlow wrote: OK, So I have the system backing up my localhost OK, and two other windows machines, but I'm having trouble getting it to work with rsync over ssh for a remote host. I am running backuppc as user apache, and so I've created a public/private key pair and stored it in ~apache/.ssh/id_rsa on the local server, and have added it to the root user's authorized keys for the remote server. Now if I su apache, I am allowed to ssh to the remote host without being asked for a password. However, when I try to backup the remote machine via the CGI, I get the error: fileListReceive failed. Inspecting the logs: Fatal error (bad version): Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Read EOF: Tried again: got 0 bytes fileListReceive() failed Done: 0 files, 0 bytes Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed) Backup aborted (fileListReceive failed) Has anybody seen this problem before? It seems like it's trying to open up an X window for some reason, any ideas? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- Travis Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Funny ssh Problems
Travis Fraser wrote: What version of rsync are you using? Later versions need --devices changed to -D in $Conf{RsyncArgs}. My test client has rsync 2.6.8. I changed that and it seems my first backup is finally rolling in. Where would I have missed that in the documentation? Thanks a lot, Nils Breunese. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Funny ssh Problems
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 21:50 +0200, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit Internet) wrote: Travis Fraser wrote: What version of rsync are you using? Later versions need --devices changed to -D in $Conf{RsyncArgs}. My test client has rsync 2.6.8. I changed that and it seems my first backup is finally rolling in. Where would I have missed that in the documentation? The change in rsync 2.6.8 is fairly recent. You'd only find it mentioned in the mailing list archives. -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Funny ssh Problems
Travis Fraser wrote: What version of rsync are you using? Later versions need --devices changed to -D in $Conf{RsyncArgs}. I guess I need to change this for $Conf{RsyncRestoreArgs} as well? Nils Breunese. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Funny ssh Problems
Nils Breunese (Lemonbit Internet) wrote: Travis Fraser wrote: What version of rsync are you using? Later versions need --devices changed to -D in $Conf{RsyncArgs}. I guess I need to change this for $Conf{RsyncRestoreArgs} as well? I would think so, although I haven't tested that part yet. Travis ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/