Thanks luis,

> 
> I have tested Rsync with the remote device using the format:
> rsync -avz -e ssh remoteuser < at > remotehost:/remote/dir /workstation/dir/
> and the files are copied correctly without asking for password, so rsync is 
> working OK.
> 
> 


> 
> That error usually means you have a problem with the ssh
> connection.There were several discussions of the "read 4 bytes" error
> on this mailing list. Also about the possible forms to connect with
> ssh.
> 
> Try, from the server, to run
> $ ssh root < at > 192.168.72.11
> 
> You'll need a passless ssh connection or some kind of ssh agent.
> Otherwise the backuppc connection will not be successful.
> 

As I said above ssh and rsync work and provide passless connection so the 
problem must be in Backuppc config somewhere

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