rsync on . from backuppc

[Sturla Holm Hansen]

On tir, februar 13, 2007 21:24, Sturla Holm Hansen wrote:
> Hi there list :)
> I use backuppc to take backup of a bunch of hosts, but I ran into problems
> with the last one I set up, I can't find anything that is different on
> this one...but it won't work...
> So any hints would be greatly appreciated, here are the files
>
> ryncd.conf:
>
> log file=/var/log/rsyncd
> pid file=/var/run/rsyncd.pid
>
> [all]
>
>         comment = All disk
>         path = /
>         use chroot = no
>         lock file = /var/lock/rsyncd
>         read only = no
>         list = yes
>         uid = root
>         gid = root
>         auth users = backuppc
>         secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
>         strict modes = no
>         ignore errors = yes
>         ignore nonreadable = yes
>         transfer logging = no
>         timeout = 600
>         dont compress = *.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.rpm *.deb *.iso *.bz2 *.tbz
>
> And the corresponding .pl file in /etc/backuppc on the server:
>
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = ['all'];
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} ={
>         'all' =>
>         ['/tmp',
>         '/proc',
>         '/boot',
>         '/sys',
>         '/var/run',
>         '/boot',
>         '/dev',
>         '/media',
>         '/mnt']
>         };
>
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd';
> $Conf{RsyncdUserName} = 'user';
> $Conf{RsyncdPasswd} = 'password';
>
>
> The server can ping the host by name.
>
> The problem is that when I try to run a full backup it fails at once with
> the following in the rsync-log:
>
> 2007/02/13 21:16:35 [20364] connect from backuppc (192.168.0.59)
> 2007/02/13 21:16:35 [20364] rsync on . from backuppc at backuppc
> (192.168.0.59)
> 2007/02/13 21:16:35 [20364] building file list
> 2007/02/13 21:16:35 [20364] rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4
> bytes [sender]: Broken pipe (32)
> 2007/02/13 21:16:35 [20364] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data
> stream (code 12) at io.c(1122) [sender=2.6.9]
>
> Why is it trying to rsync on ".", I'm asking it to rsync "all" aren't I?
>
> Other hosts with the exact same .pl file is working fine, and if I
> manually runs:
>
> "rsync -aPv rsync://backuppc@192.168.0.41/all ." it runs fine...
>
> Any ideas or pointers greatly appreciated :)
>
> Thanx
>
> Sturla
>

Ooops, terribly sorry, this was meant for the backuppc-list, not the
rsync-list, again, sorry about that...
That said...if anyone has any ideas.... ;)

Sturla