Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-08 Thread westoztux
On 07/04/14 23:56, Adam Goryachev wrote: > What does backuppc record in the logs? > What happens if you login as the backuppc user, and run the exact same > command as seen in the logs? > > There is some difference between what you are doing to test what > backuppc does, or else you are accidentall

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-07 Thread Darren Latham
On Monday, April 7, 2014, Adam Goryachev < mailingli...@websitemanagers.com.au> wrote: > On 07/04/14 11:31, westoztux wrote: > > Hello All > > I have a 5 servers backing up happily with backuppc which runs debian 6 > > the other servers that have been running correctly for months are a mix > > of

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:33 AM, westoztux wrote: >> on the client in auth.log i see >>> the server connect successfully and then run the command sudo: >>> backuppc : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/home/backuppc ; USER=root ; >>> COMMAND=/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner >>> -

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-07 Thread Adam Goryachev
What does backuppc record in the logs? What happens if you login as the backuppc user, and run the exact same command as seen in the logs? There is some difference between what you are doing to test what backuppc does, or else you are accidentally covering up the difference. You will need to fi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-07 Thread westoztux
On 07/04/14 22:39, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 8:50 AM, westoztux wrote: >>> Does the target host output anything (like a message of the day >>> greeting) before running the command you sent? The rsync >>> implementation in backuppc can't handle extraneous data, although >>> stoc

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 8:50 AM, westoztux wrote: >> >> Does the target host output anything (like a message of the day >> greeting) before running the command you sent? The rsync >> implementation in backuppc can't handle extraneous data, although >> stock rsync can ignore it. >> > Thanks Les > W

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-07 Thread westoztux
On 07/04/14 20:48, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:07 AM, westoztux wrote: >> I can confirm that I can connect from the backuppc server and as the >> backuppc user to the host using the ip address which is the same address >> as used in the command that backuppc uses . > > Does the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:07 AM, westoztux wrote: > > I can confirm that I can connect from the backuppc server and as the > backuppc user to the host using the ip address which is the same address > as used in the command that backuppc uses . Does the target host output anything (like a message

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-07 Thread westoztux
On 07/04/14 09:42, Adam Goryachev wrote: > On 07/04/14 11:31, westoztux wrote: >> Hello All >> I have a 5 servers backing up happily with backuppc which runs debian 6 >> the other servers that have been running correctly for months are a mix >> of centos6 and debian 6 all servers run ssh on the sam

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-06 Thread Adam Goryachev
On 07/04/14 11:31, westoztux wrote: > Hello All > I have a 5 servers backing up happily with backuppc which runs debian 6 > the other servers that have been running correctly for months are a mix > of centos6 and debian 6 all servers run ssh on the same non-standard > port and i have public key aut

[BackupPC-users] Backuppc failing on backup "Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)"

2014-04-06 Thread westoztux
Hello All I have a 5 servers backing up happily with backuppc which runs debian 6 the other servers that have been running correctly for months are a mix of centos6 and debian 6 all servers run ssh on the same non-standard port and i have public key authentication setup on all servers. i have t