Re: [rdiff-backup-users] cron job opens and closes ssh without copying.

[Chris Fanning]

Hi,

> the line wrapping was a bit of a mess...
How would you improve on it?

> but it looks to me like the link
> died -- is this over a dsl line or something?
Yes. There are remote offices all over the country. The company pays
telecom for a private frame relay network.

It is possible that the network has been going down at night.
I can check that out with central office.

Last night the copies didn't work.
Jun  7 21:20:00 Keeper CROND[15308]: (root) CMD
(/copies/commands/xen1-bcn.smb.sync)
Jun  7 21:30:00 Keeper CROND[15318]: (root) CMD
(/copies/commands/xen1-bcn.home.sync)


/copies/commands/xen1-bcn.smb.sync
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> From root  Wed Jun  7 21:23:09 2006
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 21:23:09 +0200
From: address@hidden (Cron Daemon)
To: address@hidden
Subject: Cron <address@hidden> /copies/commands/xen1-bcn.smb.sync
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>

ssh: connect to address 192.168.172.130 port 22: Connection timed out
Fatal Error: Truncated header string (problem probably originated remotely)

Couldn't start up the remote connection by executing

   ssh -C address@hidden 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 (1.0.4).
**********************************


(/copies/commands/xen1-bcn.home.sync)
**********************************
> From root  Wed Jun  7 21:33:09 2006
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 21:33:09 +0200
From: address@hidden (Cron Daemon)
To: address@hidden
Subject: Cron <address@hidden> /copies/commands/xen1-bcn.home.sync
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>

ssh: connect to address 192.168.172.130 port 22: Connection timed out
Fatal Error: Truncated header string (problem probably originated remotely)

Couldn't start up the remote connection by executing

   ssh -C address@hidden 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 (1.0.4).
**********************************

Chris.

On 6/7/06, dean gaudet <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Chris Fanning wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Roland.
> > (or put backup.sh >/tmp/backup.log in crontab)
> > /tmp/backup.log empty :(
> >
> > Dean,
> > > do you get any mail from cron?  usually you should get some mail with
> > > stdout/stderr in it... i'm guessing it would help diagnose this...
> >
> > Here goes..
>
> the line wrapping was a bit of a mess... but it looks to me like the link
> died -- is this over a dsl line or something?
>
>
> > Mirror is about 12 minutes into the future in respect to primary.
> > That doesn't matter, does it?
>
> shouldn't matter...
>
> -dean