Nathan Barham writes: > Thanks for the reply. I took the "Last error is "fileListReceive > failed" from the Backup Summary page for the host in question. I should > have posted from the actual error log, which has this ... > > SNIP ........... > > Fatal error (bad version): Permission denied > (publickey,keyboard-interactive). > > fileListReceive() failed > > SNIP ........... > > I'm not sure what "bad version" refers to, but "Permission denied" seems > clear enough. Backups succeed when I use a passwordless key, and also > succeed when I use a key with a password but manually start the daemon > as the backuppc user. So, I think the problem is with the ssh > authentication, not the rsync options.
"bad version" means BackupPC was expecting the rsync protocol version, and instead it got this string from the remote client: Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive) So you are right: BackupPC doesn't have the right credentials for ssh. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/