Akibu,
What output do you get when you run this command (replace -q with -v, and
redirect stdin from /dev/null):
/usr/bin/ssh -v -x -l root akibu-desktop /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender
-svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf < /dev/null
Craig
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com> wrote:
> @Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net> Forgot to answer your
> second question. Yes, the directory /mnt/j/Favorites does exist on
> akibu-desktop. Thanks.
>
>
>
> *From:* cra...@gmail.com [mailto:cra...@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Craig
> Barratt
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 11, 2017 6:43 PM
> *To:* Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
> *Cc:* General list for user discussion, questions and support <
> backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC
>
>
>
> Akibu,
>
>
>
> It looks like the connection terminates immediately. We need to figure
> out why.
>
>
>
> If you run the exact ssh command as the backuppc user, do you get an error
> or any output?
>
>
>
> su backuppcUser
>
> /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root akibu-desktop /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender
> -svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf
>
>
>
> If you don't see any output, hit ^D and you should get an error like this:
>
>
>
> rsync: on remote machine: (null): unknown option
>
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1634) [server=3.1.1]
>
> [server] _exit_cleanup(code=1, file=main.c, line=1634): about to call
> exit(1)
>
>
>
> Next, are you sure that the directory /mnt/j/Favorites on akibu-desktop
> exists?
>
> Craig
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks @Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net> The XferLOG
> beginning of the XferLOG is below. Please advise if you see anything
> therein. Thanks again.
>
>
>
> (Thestrace is showing the dynamic linking during startup of ssh, which
> isn't particularly relevant. It's not showing the files being backed up.
>
>
>
> What we are missing is the log output from XferLOG. That has the more
> detailed information (eg, exact rsync / ssh args). Can you send that
> please? You'll find it in the per-PC backup directory, eg:
> /data/BackupPC/pc/clientName/XferLOG.bad.z. Use BackupPC_zcat to
> uncompress it.
>
> Craig)
>
>
>
> XferLOG file /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc/pc/akibu-desktop/XferLOG.0.z
> created 2017-06-11 18:00:44
> Backup prep: type = full, case = 1, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 0,
> newBkupNum = 0, newBkupIdx = 0, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx = (FillCycle =
> 0, noFillCnt = )
> Running: /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc
> --bpc-host-name akibu-desktop --bpc-share-name /mnt/j/Favorites
> --bpc-bkup-num 0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1
> --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 --bpc-bkup-inode0 1 --bpc-attrib-new --bpc-log-level
> 9 -e /usr/bin/ssh\ -q\ -x\ -l\ root -vvv --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync
> --super --recursive --protect-args --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D
> --times --links --hard-links --delete --partial --log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\
> %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats --checksum --timeout=72000
> akibu-desktop:/mnt/j/Favorites/ /
> full backup started for directory /mnt/j/Favorites
> Xfer PIDs are now 3643
> This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
> bpc_lib_conf_init: topDir = /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc, logLevel = 9
> bpc_path_create(/mnt/backup_disks/backuppc/pc/akibu-desktop/0)
> bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles
> = 0
> opening connection using: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root akibu-desktop
> /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender -svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf
> protected args: --timeout=72000 --numeric-ids . /mnt/j/Favorites/
> rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far)
> [Receiver]
> bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
> RefCnt Deltas for new backup
> Uncompressed HT:
> Compressed HT:
> Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal,
> 0 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 1 inode
> Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0
> rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6]
> [Receiver] _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=629): about to call
> exit(255)
> rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 255 (65280) (rsync error: unexplained
> error (code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])
> Xfer PIDs are now
> Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at
> io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])
> Backup aborted (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(629)
> [Receiver=3.0.9.6])
> BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 0, type = full, BackupCase = 1, inPlace =
> 1, lastBkupNum =
> Removing empty backup #0
> Xfer PIDs are now 3663
> BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0
> BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge
> Xfer PIDs are now 3664,3663
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host akibu-desktop
> bpc_lib_conf_init: topDir = /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc, logLevel = 9
> bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles
> = 0
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host akibu-desktop got 0 errors (took 0 secs)
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0
> Xfer PIDs are now 3663
> BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors
> Xfer PIDs are now
> Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 0 sec)
> Xfer PIDs are now
> Running BackupPC_refCountUpdate -h akibu-desktop -f on akibu-desktop
> Xfer PIDs are now 3665
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host akibu-desktop
> bpc_lib_conf_init: topDir = /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc, logLevel = 9
> bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles
> = 0
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host akibu-desktop got 0 errors (took 0 secs)
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0
> Xfer PIDs are now
> Finished BackupPC_refCountUpdate (running time: 0 sec)
> Xfer PIDs are now
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users <backuppc-users@lists.
> sourceforge.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 10, 2017 6:32 PM
> *To:* mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org; General list for user discussion,
> questions and support
> *Cc:* Craig Barratt
> *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC
>
>
>
> The strace is showing the dynamic linking during startup of ssh, which
> isn't particularly relevant. It's not showing the files being backed up.
>
>
>
> What we are missing is the log output from XferLOG. That has the more
> detailed information (eg, exact rsync / ssh args). Can you send that
> please? You'll find it in the per-PC backup directory, eg:
> /data/BackupPC/pc/clientName/XferLOG.bad.z. Use BackupPC_zcat to
> uncompress it.
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Michael Stowe <
> mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org> wrote:
>
> On 2017-06-09 08:10, Akibu Flash wrote:
>
> Just bumping this again. Any thoughts on how to resolve the below? Thanks.
>
> FROM: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com> SENT: Monday, June 5, 2017
> 7:27:34 AM TO: Holger Parplies; Holger Parplies (wb...@parplies.de) CC:
> General list for user discussion, questions and support SUBJECT: Re:
> [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 – BackupPC
>
> Thanks @Holger Parplies (wb...@parplies.de) for your reply. See below:
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Holger Parplies [wb...@parplies.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 3:31 PM To: Akibu Flash <
> akibufl...@outlook.com> Cc: General list for user discussion, questions
> and support <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re:
> [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 – BackupPC
>
> Hi,
>
> Akibu Flash wrote on 2017-05-29 05:27:04 +0000 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
> Unexplained Error Code 255 – BackupPC]:
>
> […] I am running backuppc version 4.41 on a Debian computer.
>
> wow … where did you get that version from?
>
> - I must have been asleep when I wrote version 4.4.1. I meant
>
> version 4.1.1.
>
> When I start a backup, it appears to properly connect to my Windows
> computer and then gives me an error message. ?Got fatal error
>
> during
>
> xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
> io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])? […] Please note that I am able to
>
> ssh
>
> and rsync into the Windows computer manually from the linux computer
>
> ^^^^^^^^
>
> without problem.
>
> Also without extraenous output? You seem to be using rsync over ssh, and
> rsync is quite fussy about messages that it does not expect. As a rule of
> thumb, to a *Linux* computer,
>
> % ssh clientcomputer true
>
> %
>
> should immediately display the next prompt as indicated above, i.e.
> nothing extra, not even blanks or newlines. For Windoze, your mileage may
> vary, but it probably won't. The actual invokation used by BackupPC (or
> rather rsync_bpc) might include extra options to ssh, e.g. -q -x -l
> someuser … include those when testing.
>
> - Correct, Holger. I am using rsync over ssh and ssh seems to
>
> work without a problem. When I run the test you suggested: “$ssh
> targetcomputer true”, I merely get the prompt in response “$”. Strace seems
> to confirm that ssh is working correctly as when I ssh into the
> targetcomputer from the command line, and while running running strace on
> the targetcomputer, all seems to work as expected. In addition, when I
> rsync into the targetcomputer from the command line, rsync appears to work
> just fine.
>
> However, when I use the backuppc program to rsync into the very same
> targetcomputer, I get the Unexplained Error Code 255 message. Below shows
> the ssh strace when I started a manual backuppc backup of some files on the
> targetcomputer, if that helps. My log level is up to 9, but not much
> information is being generated. I am unclear of how to diagnose as I am not
> that versed in linux. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Akibu.
>
> Strace command used: $sudo strace -f -v -e open /etc/init.d/ssh restart
>
> strace: Process 11860 attached [pid 11860] open("/proc/self/oom_score_adj",
> O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 10 [pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache",
> O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0",
> O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1",
> O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1",
> O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1",
> O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6",
> O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2",
> O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/dev/null", O_RDWR) = 3 [pid
> 11860] open("/proc/11860/fd", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC)
> = 3 [pid 11860] open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK) = 3 [pid
> 11860] open("/etc/gai.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> [pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC)
> = 3 [pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid
> 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC)
> = 3 [pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files.so.2",
> O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC)
> = 3 [pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3
> [pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid
> 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub", O_RDONLY) = 3 [pid 11860]
> open("/dev/tty", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for
> device) [pid 11860] open("/dev/null", O_RDWR) = 4 strace: Process 11861
> attached [pid 11861] open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK) = 6
> [pid 11861] +++ exited with 255 +++ [pid 11860] open("/etc/localtime",
> O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4 [pid 11860] +++ exited with 255 +++ --- SIGCHLD
> {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=11860, si_uid=0,
> si_status=255, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
>
> Err.
>
> What, exactly, are you trying to resolve? I suspect you've gotten no
> answer because many people looked and said, well, that's obvious, don't
> back up the /dev directory, because it's dynamically created. While you're
> at it, don't back up /proc, /sys, or /tmp.
>
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