[rdiff-backup-users] Can't do file restore - "Could not get time of current mirror"

[Daniel M. Drucker]

I just installed rdiff-backup for the first time. (Version 0.13.3). As
a test, I (successfully) did a backup of /etc from a Linux box to a
Mac OS X box.

Then I tried to do a restore of a single file. When I try the restore
on the Linux side: 

eco /etc# rdiff-backup  -r now  titania.ccn.upenn.edu::/backup/etc/mailcap 
/etc/mailcap

I get this:

Fatal Error: Could not get time of current mirror
address@hidden /etc]# Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 25, in ?
      rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 247, 
in Main
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 216, 
in take_action
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 336, in Server
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 298, in get_response
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 221, in _get
rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header string (problem 
probably originated remotely)

When I try it on the Mac side:

titania /backup# rdiff-backup -r now  /backup/etc/mailcap 
eco.3e.org::/etc/mailcap

I get this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 25, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 247, 
in Main
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 220, 
in take_action
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 440, 
in Restore
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 457, 
in restore_init_quoting
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 429, in __call__
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 351, in reval
rdiff_backup.Security.Violation:
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: FilenameMapping.set_init_quote_vals_local
with arguments: []

titania /backup# Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 24, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 247, in 
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 216, in 
take_action
    connection.PipeConnection(sys.stdin, sys.stdout).Server()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 336, 
in Server
    self.get_response(-1)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 298, 
in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 221, 
in _get
    raise ConnectionReadError("Truncated header string (problem "
rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header string (problem 
probably originated remotely)


In either case, I end up with an empty DIRECTORY /etc/mailcap on the Linux side.


Can someone please help me out and tell me what I'm doing wrong?

-- 
Daniel Drucker / address@hidden