Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Newbie Stuck

[David Kempe]

Paul Steamboat wrote:

> when I run apt-get update here it says that this is the latest version.

it is the latest version in unstable.
you can use a backported one for better compatibility.
the below traceback is because the debian version in stable is too old.
Your best bet (easiest) would be to get the 12.6 rpm from the site, use 
alien (apt-get install alien) to convert it to deb (alien 
rdiff-backupxxx.rpm) install it, (dpkg -i rdiff-backupxxx.deb) then edit 
/usr/bin/rdiff-backup to point to python 2.2 ( #!/usr/bin/python -> 
#!/usr/bin/python2.2 )
that works ok and should get the traceback problem out the way.


> I want to backup the samba share to the debian machine, eventually I want to
> implement a full cron scenario where it does a full once a week then
> incremementals daily with an auto delete of stuff say three weeks old or so.

thats two rdiff-backup runs, one to backup and 1 to delete increments.

> But for right now i just want to get it to work.
>
> this command from the debian machine
> rdiff-backup /samba-saa  192.168.0.253::/samba/Data
> yeilds this
>
> address@hidden's password:
> Traceback (most recent call last):

> This string executed on the redhat machine
>
> rdiff-backup /samba-saa/public 192.168.0.254::/samba-saa/public
>
> yields this
> ssh: connect to address 192.168.0.254 port 22: Connection refused
> Fatal Error: Truncated header string (problem probably originated remotely)
>
> Couldn't start up the remote connection by executing
>
>     ssh -C 192.168.0.254 rdiff-backup --server
>
> Remember that, under the default settings, rdiff-backup must be
> installed in the PATH on the remote system.  See the man page for more
> information on this.  This message may also be displayed if the remote
> version of rdiff-backup is quite different from the local version (0.12.6).

this is the problem you are having - the remote version is too 
different. rdiff-backup --server starting on the remote side probably 
dies silently with a similar traceback.


> forgive the differnce in folder names, I was just trying to test the backup
> on small folder
> hopefully this won't confuse.

perfectly clear.
if you want the latest features from rdiff-backup 0.13.3 is quite stable 
for me. 0.13.4 works too, but the latest compare features don't seem to.
you can get a backported 0.13.3 from here:
deb http://debian.jones.dk woody misc
(add that to your /etc/apt/sources.list, apt-get update, apt-get install 
rdiff-backup)
getting the 0.13.3 rpm on your redhat box is up to you :)

dave