Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.1.x vs. MacOS rsyncd

This might be a shot in the dark, but I had a similar issue pop up on a linux client. I our case there were two backuppc servers (one running v3, one running v4) running against the same client.

The version 4 client failed with these messages in my syslog:

dan@bucky:~$ gzip -d -c /var/log/syslog.5.gz | grep rsync | less

Jun 18 10:00:02 bucky rsyncd[10902]: name lookup failed for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: Temporary failure in name resolution

Jun 18 10:00:02 bucky rsyncd[10902]: connect from UNKNOWN (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)

Jun 18 10:00:02 bucky rsyncd[10902]: rsync: The server is configured to refuse --iconv

Jun 18 10:00:02 bucky rsyncd[10902]: rsync error: requested action not supported (code 4) at clientserver.c(973) [sender=3.1.1]

"sender=3.1.1" implies its the bpc4 instance (bpc3 uses 2.6.something). So, the problem occurred on a CLIENT running rsync 3.1.1, with a BACKUPPC HOST running backuppc version 4 (the exact same CLIENT had no issues with backuppc version 3).

Its an old error, google has lots of references to it. Fix for above problem is to include this line in rsyncd.conf file on the client:

charset = utf-8

Google references explain it pretty well, better than I can right now. Suffice to say, this fixed my problem.

Dan

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3. Re: SCGI and BackupPC (Johan Ehnberg)

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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 11:35:33 -0400
From: Josh Malone <jmalone AT nrao DOT edu>
To: BackupPC-Users <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.1.x vs. MacOS rsyncd
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All,

I'm currently using backuppc to backup file from a Mac system via
rsyncd. In 3.x this is working fine, but my new 4.1.3 server fails the
backup with zero files. Logs on the mac system indicate that perhaps new
rsync options are being used in 4.x that MacOS rsyncd doesn't like:

rsyncd[49844]: rsync: on remote machine: -slHogDtprcx: unknown option

Indeed, if I run a test rsync locally on the Mac, I get complaints about
the options. If I leave of the "s" from the options string, the command
works.

Is anybody successfully using BackupPC 4.1.x to back up MacOS 10.10?

Is there any way to customize the options used on the Mac client?

Thanks,

-Josh

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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 06:07:48 +0000
From: Akibu Flash <akibuflash AT outlook DOT com>
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Subject: [BackupPC-users] SCGI and BackupPC
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All, I have installed BackupPC version 4.1.3 and have started it from the command line using "systemctl start backuppc.service" on a Debian 9 system. I am now attempting to setup the SCGI web interface. I have done the following:

In my backuppc config file, I have specified the SCGI Sever Port: $Conf{SCGIServerPort} = 9999;
In my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file, I have added the following lines:
LoadModule scgi_module modules/mod_scgi.so
SCGIMount /BackupPC_Admin 127.0.0.1:9999

The scgi module appears to have been loaded as it is listed in the mods-enabled directory under the /etc/apache2 directory. However, when I try and access backuppc in a web browser, I get the following error.
Not Found
The requested URL /BackupPC was not found on this server.
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Apache/2.4.25 (Debian) Server at 10.10.10.32 Port 80

My apache2 server works fine as if I type the ipaddress of the server into the web browser, I get confirmation that "It Works". It is probably something simple that I am missing. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Akibu
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Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 09:49:51 +0300
From: Johan Ehnberg <johan AT molnix DOT com>
To: Akibu Flash <akibuflash AT outlook DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] SCGI and BackupPC
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Hi,

Try /BackupPC_Admin as the address.

Best regards,
Johan EhnbergOn Jul 7, 2017 9:07 AM, Akibu Flash <akibuflash AT outlook DOT com> wrote:
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> All, I have installed BackupPC version 4.1.3 and have started it from the command line using ?systemctl start backuppc.service? on a Debian 9 system.? I am now attempting to setup the SCGI web interface.? I have done the following:
>
> ?
>
> In my backuppc config file, I have specified the SCGI Sever Port: ?$Conf{SCGIServerPort} = 9999;?
>
> In my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file, I have added the following lines:
>
> ??????????????? LoadModule scgi_module modules/mod_scgi.so
>
> SCGIMount /BackupPC_Admin 127.0.0.1:9999
>
> ?
>
> The scgi module appears to have been loaded as it is listed in the mods-enabled directory under the /etc/apache2 directory.? However, when I try and access backuppc in a web browser, I get the following error.?
>
> Not Found
>
> The requested URL /BackupPC was not found on this server.
>
> ________________________________
>
> Apache/2.4.25 (Debian) Server at 10.10.10.32 Port 80
>
> ?
>
> ?
>
> My apache2 server works fine as if I type the ipaddress of the server into the web browser, I get confirmation that ?It Works?.? It is probably something simple that I am missing.? Do you have any suggestions?? Thanks in advance.
>
> ?
>
> Akibu

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