> Do you have strace? strace -p process_id should show you any system > calls a running process is making and might give you a hint about what > it is doing. Or you can start a program with strace to see how far it > gets.
I installed strace and then tried strace /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg status info ------------------- begin quote ------------------------- The last few lines of the output were: open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 3 ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbec95b60) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device) read(3, "root:$1$u.2QTgpX$h2GoA.vewi0uEGc"..., 4096) = 326 close(3) = 0 open("/etc/shadow", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) close(2) = 0 dup(1) = 2 ioctl(2, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 lseek(2, 0, SEEK_CUR) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek) fstat(2, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0622, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0 fcntl(2, F_SETFD, 0) = 0 ioctl(2, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 lseek(2, 0, SEEK_CUR) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek) SYS_281(0x1, 0x1, 0, 0x1196e0, 0) = 3 ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbec95b0c) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek) ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbec95b0c) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek) fcntl(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 SYS_283(0x3, 0x4e0d98, 0x70, 0x4ea1d0, 0x4e0d98) = 0 read(3, ------------------- end quote ------------------------- Then the output did not continue until I pressed Ctrl-C. Unfortunately I do not know enough about system calls to be able to interpret the output. As much as I understand, the output just confirms that BackupPC does not succeed in reading the Server's Seed. Or do you see something else in the output that could give me a hint? Greetings, Christoph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/