[rdiff-backup-users] Error on remote restore (1.2.3)

[Dominic]

Experimenting with restoring files I have hit an error and I hope 
someone can help me. Running on the local backup machine this restore 
works fine:

rdiff-backup -r 0D /home/dominic-pcchips2/archives/mydocs/"To Do.xlsx" 
~/"To Do.xlsx"

but when I try to restore by running from a remote Linux machine thus

rdiff-backup -r 0D address@hidden::archives/mydocs/"To 
Do.xlsx" ~/"To Do.xlsx"

I get errors (see below). I am using rdiff-backup 1.2.3 at both ends. Am 
I doing something wrong? To rule out the possibility of something being 
wrong on the remote machine I ran the same command on the backup machine 
i.e. looping back to itself - the same error messages occur.

Dominic
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Exception '
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: open
with arguments: ['archives/mydocs/rdiff-backup-data/test ', 'w']
' raised of class '<class 'rdiff_backup.Security.Violation'>':
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
304, in error_check_Main
   try: Main(arglist)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
324, in Main
   take_action(rps)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
290, in take_action
   elif action == "restore-as-of": Restore(rps[0], rps[1], 1)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
550, in Restore
   dest_rp.conn.fs_abilities.restore_set_globals(dest_rp)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", 
line 955, in restore_set_globals
   rsg.set_must_escape_trailing_spaces(Globals.rbdir)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", 
line 836, in set_must_escape_trailing_spaces
   space_rp.touch()
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 
1027, in touch
   self.conn.open(self.path, "w").close()
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 450, in __call__
   return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 370, in reval
   if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
   rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
304, in error_check_Main
   try: Main(arglist)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
324, in Main
   take_action(rps)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
290, in take_action
   elif action == "restore-as-of": Restore(rps[0], rps[1], 1)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
550, in Restore
   dest_rp.conn.fs_abilities.restore_set_globals(dest_rp)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", 
line 955, in restore_set_globals
   rsg.set_must_escape_trailing_spaces(Globals.rbdir)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py", 
line 836, in set_must_escape_trailing_spaces
   space_rp.touch()
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 
1027, in touch
   self.conn.open(self.path, "w").close()
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 450, in __call__
   return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 370, in reval
   if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
rdiff_backup.Security.Violation:
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: open
with arguments: ['archives/mydocs/rdiff-backup-data/test ', 'w']

Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system