On Tuesday 29 June 2010 12:18:19 waverider wrote:
> I created a symlink - hopefully correctly. The original install placed
> backups in /var/lib/backuppc and I wanted to redirect them to
> /media/data/backuppc. I created the symlink with ln -s /var/lib/backuppc
> /media/data/backuppc which created a folder named backuppc in the
> /media/data/ folder. Hopefully I got this the right way around.
That command is correct.
> However, when I try to backup a host from the network it fails and the log
> shows:
>
> Contents of file /var/lib/backuppc/pc/192.168.72.11/LOG.062010, modified
> 2010-06-29 21:01:27
>
> 2010-06-29 21:01:20 full backup started for directory /
> 2010-06-29 21:01:22 Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes)
> 2010-06-29 21:01:27 Backup aborted (Unable to read 4 bytes)
That usually means an SSH connect issue. SSH authentication, for instance.
Verify that your keys are set up correctly on both sides, and test:
su - backuppc
ssh root@clientserver
If that works without prompting you, BackupPC should be able to rsync.
Regards,
Tyler
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