Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Timothy J. Massey wrote: I have had a bug with BackupPC, rsync and RHEL4 for some time now. I blindly assumed that this bug had been fixed in the last year or so. It turns out it has not. BackupPC Configuration: BackupPC 3.0beta3 running on CentOS 3.8 with latest updates Host

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Timothy J. Massey
Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 12:35:29 PM: Timothy J. Massey wrote: I have had a bug with BackupPC, rsync and RHEL4 for some time now. I blindly assumed that this bug had been fixed in the last year or so. It turns out it has not. BackupPC

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Timothy J. Massey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 01:25:06 PM: Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 12:35:29 PM: That's not the stock rsync package for RHEL4. The changed behavior of rsync has been discussed on the list before in the context of distros that include it:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Timothy J. Massey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 01:40:56 PM: Or, you could put the stock package back - the RHEL guys get some of this stuff right... Well, the rsync package for RHEL4 didn't work, and *then* I upgraded to a standard rsync package. It's not like I randomly go

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Timothy J. Massey wrote: Another failure. And here's the log: 2007-01-29 13:41:49 full backup started for directory ROOT 2007-01-29 14:19:55 Got fatal error during xfer (Child exited prematurely) 2007-01-29 14:20:00 Backup aborted (Child exited prematurely) 2007-01-29 14:20:00 Saved

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Timothy J. Massey
Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 04:21:51 PM: Timothy J. Massey wrote: Another failure. And here's the log: 2007-01-29 13:41:49 full backup started for directory ROOT 2007-01-29 14:19:55 Got fatal error during xfer (Child exited prematurely) 2007-01-29

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Timothy J. Massey wrote: Remember, this happens on *3* different servers, with 3 different BackupPC servers. This is *not* related to a unique property of the individual server. This is *very* related to RHEL4, instead of RHEL3. Like I said, we upgraded a server from 3 to 4: used to

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Timothy J. Massey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 04:52:15 PM: Timothy J. Massey wrote: Remember, this happens on *3* different servers, with 3 different BackupPC servers. This is *not* related to a unique property of the individual server. This is *very* related to RHEL4, instead of RHEL3.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread ckeil
Maybe I shouldn't chime in, because I've only been half following this thread, but I can't help wondering if you've looked into all the firewall/timeout possibilities? Sometimes those settings get hosed during an upgrade too. ck Les Mikesell wrote: Timothy J. Massey wrote: Remember, this

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Timothy J. Massey wrote: lib/modules/2.6.9-5.EL/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_cs.ko Read EOF: No route to host That's an odd network error. What's between these boxes? -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Take

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Jason Hughes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I shouldn't chime in, because I've only been half following this thread, but I can't help wondering if you've looked into all the firewall/timeout possibilities? Sometimes those settings get hosed during an upgrade too. Not a bad thing to look into. I

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Timothy J. Massey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 07:01:03 PM: Also, you might crank up the timeout settings for just the failing hosts and see if it allows your backups to run longer before failing. Your failures are right about 20 minutes into them, which is a suspiciously round number.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Timothy J. Massey wrote: Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 06:31:03 PM: Timothy J. Massey wrote: lib/modules/2.6.9-5.EL/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_cs.ko Read EOF: No route to host That's an odd network error. What's between these boxes? A switch and a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Craig Barratt
BackupPC XferLog.0: # tail XferLog.0 create 744 0/0 47604 lib/modules/2.6.9-5.EL/kernel/drivers/parport/parport.ko create 744 0/08716 lib/modules/2.6.9-5.EL/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_cs.ko Read EOF: No route to host No route to host indicates

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bug: Cannot use rsyncd on RHEL4 hosts: child exited prematurely

2007-01-29 Thread Timothy J. Massey
Joe Casadonte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 10:42:32 PM: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Timothy J. Massey wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 07:01:03 PM: Also, you might crank up the timeout settings for just the failing hosts and see if it allows your backups to