Hi,
Les Mikesell wrote on 2014-11-10 15:08:49 -0600 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to
read 4 bytes]:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Holger Parplies wrote:
> > >
> > actually, "host not found" is a failure to resolve the host name (by DNS and
> > netbios
Correct. The Virtual box has Network and Internet access.
Terry
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From: G.W. Haywood [mailto:bac...@jubileegroup.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 12:48 PM
To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
Hi there
Hi there,
On Tue, 11 Nov 2014, Les Mikesell wrote:
> We are also assuming that your virtualbox network is bridged ...
The VirtualBox default is NAT, the OP's Windows box may be on 10.0.0.0/8.
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73,
Ged.
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Comprehen
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:50 AM, tschmid4 wrote:
> I can ping client host name and IP from server.
That answers half of the question of what is different. Now why does
the ping command issued by backuppc fail? Note that the command
itself is configurable, there could be a typo in the host nam
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes (No Ping)
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:38 AM, tschmid4 wrote:
> Backuppc looks by name?
>
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:38 AM, tschmid4 wrote:
> Backuppc looks by name?
>
You don't have to guess at this - it uses whatever you configured.
Did you type the same thing on the command line to test it? If that
is the difference, then you need to decide if you want a work-around
by putting the
Backuppc looks by name?
Terry
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From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:27 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes (No Ping
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 AM, tschmid4 wrote:
>
> So, I can ping the backuppc server from the server I need backed up and visa
> versa.
>
[...]
> Just get the no ping (no ping response) when starting a backup.
>
Take one step at a time here: What is different about the ping that
succeeds manua
: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:58 PM, tschmid4
mailto:tschm...@utk.edu>> wrote:
> I'll take a look in the morning.
> Correct: IP static.
> Windows Firewall tried off with no change.
> Added the host IP to the hosts.allow
> **Haven&#
Il 08/11/2014 17:20, Holger Parplies ha scritto:
> Hi,
>
> Mauro Condarelli wrote on 2014-11-07 22:45:53 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
> Unable to read 4 bytes]:
>> [...]
>> What follows is what I use to setup a key exchange,
> I don't believe that's completely
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:58 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> I'll take a look in the morning.
> Correct: IP static.
> Windows Firewall tried off with no change.
> Added the host IP to the hosts.allow
> **Haven't found anything indicating I tweak the SAMBA server?
You aren't actually using the samba _se
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
Hi,
Les Mikesell wrote on 2014-11-10 12:13:43 -0600 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to
read 4 bytes]:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 201
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Holger Parplies wrote:
> >
> actually, "host not found" is a failure to resolve the host name (by DNS and
> netbios).
Which might - or might not - still have something to do with a
firewall blocking the netbios response. We are also assuming that
your virtualbox
Hi,
Les Mikesell wrote on 2014-11-10 12:13:43 -0600 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to
read 4 bytes]:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:06 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> >
> > I've added a new Windows (Virtual Box) server running on RHEL 7 platform.
> > That is giving me a no ping (h
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:06 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
>
> I've added a new Windows (Virtual Box) server running on RHEL 7 platform.
> That is giving me a no ping (host not found)
> Message in the Backuppc Configuration Editor.
> Xfer: SMB
> I've compared it to an existing Windows box on the network
and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
Hi,
Les Mikesell wrote on 2014-11-08 10:34:12 -0600 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to
read 4 bytes]:
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Holger Parplies wrote:
>
> >> Mauro Condarelli wrote on 2014-11-07 22:45:53 +0100
to read 4 bytes' error with this one.
Terry
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From: Holger Parplies [mailto:wb...@parplies.de]
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 1:43 PM
To: Les Mikesell
Cc: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
Hi
Hi,
Les Mikesell wrote on 2014-11-08 10:34:12 -0600 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to
read 4 bytes]:
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Holger Parplies wrote:
>
> >> Mauro Condarelli wrote on 2014-11-07 22:45:53 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
> >> Unable to read 4 bytes]:
On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Holger Parplies wrote:
>> Mauro Condarelli wrote on 2014-11-07 22:45:53 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
>> Unable to read 4 bytes]:
>> [...]
>> What follows is what I use to setup a key exchange,
>
> I don't believe that's c
Hi,
Mauro Condarelli wrote on 2014-11-07 22:45:53 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
Unable to read 4 bytes]:
> [...]
> What follows is what I use to setup a key exchange,
I don't believe that's completely true ;-).
> obviously there are zillions ways to do the same.
>
> ba
Ok,
let's try to start from beginning and clarify some terminology, so we
can understand each other.
On 11/07/2014 08:58 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
Not concerned at all.
I'd rather start from scratch at this point if it's possible.
I've made a list of which servers can connect to others and for the
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 1:58 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
>
> I'd rather start from scratch at this point if it's possible.
> I've made a list of which servers can connect to others and for the most
> part, they can connect with a few stray disconnects.
>
> To start with a clean slate, would I SSH into the
ot backing up
I appreciate the replies for everyone. It really keeps me going.
Terry
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From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 2:32 PM
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On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 1:12 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> The broken pipe could have been my haste to sudo -s after SSH into the box.
>
> If I go into known_hosts and # out the specific line of the server with the
> issue, so I can have the data for reference,
> is that the same as deleting the line or d
ve to remove the
> entire line from the known_hosts file?
>
> Terry
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 1:56 PM
> To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
> Subject: Re: [B
known_hosts file?
Terry
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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 1:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:30 PM, tschmid4
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:30 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
>
> I'm SSH'ing into each server and in turn SSH'ing into each server that is
> having a backup issue to determine if they can connect.
> Some can, some can't. 'Strict checking' is currently enabled and I am getting
> a
> . If I simply disabled 's
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
Interesting.
The command syntax worked, (Thanks Les)
But it returned:
Permanently added 'rsa.pub' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Write failed: Broken pipe
Terry
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On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:00 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> These entries are irrelevant for my issue though, correct?
> I don't need to remove them?
>
You should have an entry with a host fingerprint for each host where
you have already connected. I don't think extraneous stuff hurts -
and if it does yo
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On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:45 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> Devils in the details.
> Now it returns 'ssh: Could not resolve host name .ssh/id_rsa.pub: Name or
> service not kn
t: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:35 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> I did find this,
> In the known_hosts file, there is a section labeled:
>
> Too many arguments.
> Server-1
> Server-2
> Etc...
>
> That has the Linux servers unable to backup listed
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:35 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> I did find this,
> In the known_hosts file, there is a section labeled:
>
> Too many arguments.
> Server-1
> Server-2
> Etc...
>
> That has the Linux servers unable to backup listed.
> Would it be proper to delete these entries from the known_host
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:45 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> Devils in the details.
> Now it returns 'ssh: Could not resolve host name .ssh/id_rsa.pub: Name or
> service not known
>
> I've altered the syntax as:
>
> Ssh-copy-id .ssh/id_rsa.pub root@server
>
> Have I missed the syntax somehow?
>
Yes the .s
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On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:26 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> It's rsa, instead of DSA. Is that the possible issue?
>
&
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:26 PM, tschmid4 wrote:
> It's rsa, instead of DSA. Is that the possible issue?
>
> ~/.ssh# has 3 files:
> Id_rsa
> id_rsa.pub
> known_hosts
>
> So instead of
> ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_dsa.pub r...@machine.tobe.backedup.com
>
> I would enter
>
> ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_rsa.
[mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com]
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On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:56 AM, tschmid4 wrote:
> After the last command,
>
> ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_
_rsa.pub
r...@machine.tobe.backedup.com<mailto:r...@machine.tobe.backedup.com> ?
Terry
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From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 1:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 b
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:56 AM, tschmid4 wrote:
> After the last command,
>
> ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_dsa.pub r...@machine.tobe.backedup.com
>
> I receive - No identities found.
>
You may have created a different type of keypair with your ssh-keygen
for the backuppc users. What do you see in ~ba
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
> -Original Message-
> From: tschmid4 [mailto:tschm...@utk.edu]
> Sent: den 4 november 2014 14:33
> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [BackupPC-users] Unable
Linux systems fail with 'unable to read 4 bytes.'
Terry
From: Mauro Condarelli [mailto:mc5...@mclink.it]
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 7:48 AM
To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
Uhm...
What You tell us is a little too terse
> -Original Message-
> From: tschmid4 [mailto:tschm...@utk.edu]
> Sent: den 4 november 2014 14:33
> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
>
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> I've read, read, Googled, fiddl
Uhm...
What You tell us is a little too terse.
What is the OS of the client machine? Linux?
What transfer method are You trying to use? rsync?
If You login on the BackupPC server as the backupppc user are You able to
manually ssh into Your client WITHOUT manually entering a password?
If You giv
Greetings,
I've read, read, Googled, fiddled, and cannot figure this out.
I tried to add a server to Backuppc and the only way it would show up on the
list is by
SSH into it from the Backuppc server. Now it's on the list but this server and
the backup
server are unable to backup with the subject
> -Original Message-
> From: Adam Goryachev [mailto:mailingli...@websitemanagers.com.au]
> Sent: den 11 oktober 2014 13:21
> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes revisited
>
> Try this:
> $sshPath -q
> -Original Message-
> From: Adam Goryachev [mailto:mailingli...@websitemanagers.com.au]
> Sent: den 11 oktober 2014 13:21
> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes revisited
>
> On 11/10/14 21:12, Sorin Srbu wr
On 11/10/14 21:12, Sorin Srbu wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I set up BackupPC at home to make more systematic backups of mine and
> wifeys homefolders on the samba-server and ran into the somewhat
> dreaded “Unable to read 4 bytes”-error.
>
>
>
> Problem is **maybe** that the host to be backed up
Hi all,
I set up BackupPC at home to make more systematic backups of mine and wifeys
homefolders on the samba-server and ran into the somewhat dreaded "Unable to
read 4 bytes"-error.
Problem is *maybe* that the host to be backed up is running sshd on port 522.
What I've done so far is to crea
>-Original Message-
>From: Stuart Matthews [mailto:s...@eff.org]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:36 PM
>To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] "Unable to read 4 bytes" - most useless
>errormessage ever?
>
>> Common se
On 1/25/10 1:36 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Timothy Murphy [mailto:gayle...@eircom.net]
>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 4:21 AM
>> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: [BackupPC-users] "Unable to read 4 by
>-Original Message-
>From: Timothy Murphy [mailto:gayle...@eircom.net]
>Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 4:21 AM
>To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: [BackupPC-users] "Unable to read 4 bytes" - most useless error
message
>ever?
>
>Is there an
Timothy Murphy wrote at about 03:20:31 + on Monday, January 25, 2010:
> Is there anywhere a worse error message
> than "Unable to read 4 bytes"?
>
> If it sometimes changed, say "Unable to read 13 bytes",
> that might at least convey some information.
On a serious note, it may be a good
Is there anywhere a worse error message
than "Unable to read 4 bytes"?
If it sometimes changed, say "Unable to read 13 bytes",
that might at least convey some information.
--
Timothy Murphy
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tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Tr
Stephen Vaughan wrote:
I would say its a file permissions error on the server in
which your restoring to.
OK, slap me over the head with a wet fish.
I had "read in rsyncd.conf for one of the rsync modules at
the remote server...
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
On Sun, N
I would say its a file permissions error on the server in which your
restoring to.
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Micha Silver wrote:
> I am unable to restore to linux servers. Backups are running fine, and I
> rechecked that I can ssh as user backuppc from the backup server (Centos
> 5.4) dire
BackupPC users:
I posted the below message previously. No response yet :-(
Any takers?
Thanks in advance
--
Micha
Micha Silver wrote:
> I am unable to restore to linux servers. Backups are running fine, and I
> rechecked that I can ssh as user backuppc from the backup server (Centos
> 5
I am unable to restore to linux servers. Backups are running fine, and I
rechecked that I can ssh as user backuppc from the backup server (Centos
5.4) directly to the clients (also Centos). Furthermore, I can run
rsync as the backuppc user successfully upload files to the client.
Here's what
Simone S. Santiago wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the ssh keys working for rsync and so I know that is working
> correctly, however, I get the Last error is "Unable to read 4 bytes".
>
> My config host:
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {};
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
> $Conf{NmbLookupCmd} =
eforge.net
Subject: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
Hi,
I have the ssh keys working for rsync and so I know that is working
correctly, however, I get the Last error is "Unable to read 4 bytes".
My config host:
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {};
$Conf{XferMethod} = 'r
Hi,
I have the ssh keys working for rsync and so I know that is working
correctly, however, I get the Last error is "Unable to read 4 bytes".
My config host:
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {};
$Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
$Conf{NmbLookupCmd} = '$nmbLookupPath -A $host';
$Conf{NmbLookupFindHostCmd}
Hi Vyacheslav
> Hello,
>
> It just hangs still.
> Asks for the root password and then nothing happens.
>
> Monday, June 4, 2007, 6:50:32 PM, you wrote:
>
> > Hi Vyacheslav
>
> >> Any suggestions how to correct this?
>
> > Find the actual command in the log file and try running it
> > inte
Hi Vyacheslav
> Any suggestions how to correct this?
Find the actual command in the log file and try running it interactively.
Keith
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Hello,
I am trying to backup localhost. I get error specified in subject. I try to
backup localhost using regular settings, only excluding backuppc folder
(/var/lib/backuppc). That means, i am doing localhost backup using rsync over
ssh.
ssh -l root myhost.mydomain whoami
gives root
ssh
It is likely the way you set up the client key. Here are my notes to
setup a client key. This "Unable to read 4 bytes" also drove me crazy.
In this case BackupPC user is apache.
Setting Up SSH for Rsync for Linux Clients.
To use SSH you must create a certificate on the BackupPC Server and copy
Hi,
I seem to be having an issue with backing up a client via rsync. The
client is a VMware ESX host (modified RedHat install).
I have browsed all the archives I can find and followed them as best I
can. If I issue the following command from the backuppc server
ssh -l root 10.10.137.231 whoami
f
irst email below).
So after commenting the restore variables $Conf{RsyncClientRestoreCmd} and
$Conf{RsyncRestoreArgs}, I was able to backup.
However, anyone have any idea why this happened?
Kindly,
Khaled Hussain
Server Administrator
Coulomb Ltd
020 8114 1013
-Original Message-
From: [EM
Hi,
I am trying to set up the rsync XferMethod to backup a linux (Mandrake)
machine.
- I have added the host to the hosts list
- created a config.pl file that overrides the general smb method config
- set up openssh on the client and server according to the backuppc
documentation
I cannot unders
Hello,
That is error message i find in _TOPDIR_/pc/$host/LOG file. I'm using rsyncd as xfer method to backup $host which is a linux machine.
Please what can be the causes of this error?
Hear i put rsyncd.conf's file:
--
[backup]
path=/home
read >
use chroot=yes
pid file=/va
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