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Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Mr. Yates,
> Since Fedora 8 had BackupPC included in the distribution, user backuppc was
> already in existence and set for no logon.  As root the su -s line changes
> the user to 'backuppc'.  The test below is run as backuppc user on the
> archive machine establishing a connection to the client machine and asking
> "whoami" with a response from the client of "root".  This proves that the
> ssh-keys are working so no password is required and that backuppc has root
> authority on the client.  This test was run on an earlier post with IP
> address instead of hostname.  This was to repeat the test using hostname.  

> On the backuppc server, have you tried after su - backuppc (ie you
> assume the id of the backuppc user):
> 
> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -v -f WinServer
> 
> This should provide some debug output that may be enlightening as to why
> the backup fails. Of course, rsync must be installed on the client pc in
> addition to the sshd.

Great, but the above command will get backuppc to run the various
commands that it would normally run during a backup. This will allow you
to see the exact commands being run, and any error messages from those
programs.

Regards,
Adam

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Adam Goryachev
Website Managers
www.websitemanagers.com.au
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