Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup aborted

On 04/22/2012 12:21 PM, Arnold Krille wrote:

On Sunday 22 April 2012 09:04:06 Gary Roach wrote:

I think we are going a bit astray here. I have two other computers that
need backup but am not talking about them because it is useless until I
can get localhost to work. I don't want to be using two different
methods. I think I am fighting a security issue at this point. I'm still
working on the problem.

Why?

Why do you want to backup all hosts with the same method? Do you also try to 
backup windows machines with rsync(d)?
Use the best tool available for the job! When the backup is local, run local 
rsync (with sudo to get rights). When the backup is a remote machine, use 
ssh+rsync. When the remote machine is win, use smb... Or use tar if you like 
that better...

Arnold

It's interesting that you should suggest this since I have found several references that say that rsyncd is the best choice if you have mixed machines. This has gone beyond just functionality for me. This should have been the easiest method to setup and has turned into a mess. I hear what you are saying but I would like to solve this problem. Besides, how do I know that any of the others will be any easier. I already tried to setup ssh for 2 way, passwordless communication and gave up. Without that rsync won't work. So lets try one more time.

There is something really wrong with my whole password setup.
1) BackupPC is running as backuppc.
2) rsyncd is running as root.
3) strict modes is turned off in the rsyncd.conf file. This solved the
problem of not being able to get to the rsyncd.scrts file.
4) rsyncd.scrts has user password pairs for every possible user.
5) The rsyncd.log shows:

2012/04/22 16:38:28 [11741] connect from localhost (127.0.0.1)
2012/04/22 16:38:28 [11741] auth failed on module backuppc from localhost
(127.0.0.1): password mismatch

6) The XferLOG shows:
full backup started for directory backuppc
Connected to localhost:873, remote version 30
Negotiated protocol version 28
Got response: 6ad662d801744ae7d8c96693c270af35
Auth: got challenge: kEkYN4x2ktWin2PMr6+XHg, reply: backuppc
atZi2AF0SufYyWaTwnCvNQ
Error connecting to module backuppc at localhost:873: auth failed on module
backuppc
Got fatal error during xfer (auth failed on module backuppc)
Backup aborted (auth failed on module backuppc)
Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior
one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0)

7) Backuppc is assigned a valid password and is also included in the rout
group.Root is included in the backuppc group.

This is obviously a colossal password SNAFU and I have run out of ideas. I
can't believe that rsync should be so hard to set up.

Help!!!

Gary R.

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