Pedro writes:

> After searching for a while and doing some digging i found that i had
> files that would cause ssh to exit, usually you can exit ssh with "~."
> and in fact i had files with that name and content.
> what i did on backuppc config page was:
> on the main configuration editor, xfer:
> RsyncClientCmd
> $sshPath  -q -x -l root $host $rsyncPath $argList+
> changed to
> $sshPath -e none -q -x -l root $host $rsyncPath $argList+
> RsyncClientRestoreCmd
> $sshPath -q -x -l root $host $rsyncPath $argList+
> changed to
> $sshPath -e none -q -x -l root $host $rsyncPath $argList+
> 
> this will avoid escape caracters.
> 
> what do you guys think on putting this by default on the next release?

I looked at the source for ssh (specifically OpenSSH 5.1p1) and the
ssh escape character is disabled when ssh is not talking to a tty.
So adding "-e none" should make no difference.

However, I can't explain how it made a difference for you.

Craig

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