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Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> With the feedback and help with command line, I was able to create the rsa
> keys (Thanks Nils).  When I finished creating the keys, I ran the test given
> in the instructions:
> 
> [root@Archiver .ssh]# su -s /bin/bash - backuppc
> -bash-3.2$ chmod -R go-rwx ~/.ssh
> -bash-3.2$ ssh -l root 192.168.1.101 whoami
> Root     <=== This is an indicator for success!
> -bash-3.2$
> 
> I reconfigured BackupPC for 'rsync' transfer mode.  I requested a full
> backup and then checked the log file:
> 
> 2008-10-13 12:41:18 full backup started for directory SHARE#1
> 2008-10-13 12:41:19 Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)
> 2008-10-13 12:41:24 Backup aborted (Unable to read 4 bytes)
> 2008-10-13 12:43:21 full backup started for directory /WinServer/SHARE#1
> 2008-10-13 12:43:22 Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)
> 
> OK, where do I go now?  -- ken
> 
> (note:  In my transcripts, names are changed to maintain confidentiality.)

Backuppc will connect using the *name* rather than the IP address. You
should test like this:
su -s /bin/bash - backuppc
ssh -l root <hostname> whoami
where hostname is what you have in your backuppc/hosts file

Regards,
Adam
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