[rdiff-backup-users] Can't get remote backup to work

[Wooding Steve]

If have followed the instructions for unattended rdiff-backup
(http://arctic.org/~dean/rdiff-backup/unattended.html). However, I get the
following error when I try to do a backup:

rdiff-backup --exclude /tmp/'*' --exclude /var/tmp/'*' --exclude /mnt
--exclude /nfs --exclude /proc / mirror-backup::/storage6/primary-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 254, in
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 226, in
take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 264, in
Backup
    backup_init_dirs(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 302, in
backup_init_dirs
    rpout.chmod(0700) # just make sure permissions aren't too lax
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 629,
in chmod
    self.conn.os.chmod(self.path, permissions)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
440, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
362, in reval
    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
rdiff_backup.Security.Violation:
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: os.chmod
with arguments: ['/storage6/primary-backup', 448]

Traceback (most recent call last):
address@hidden swooding]#   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 254, in
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 224, in
take_action
    connection.PipeConnection(sys.stdin, sys.stdout).Server()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
347, in Server
    self.get_response(-1)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
309, in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
225, in _get
    raise ConnectionReadError("Truncated header string (problem "
rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header string
(problem probably originated remotely)

I'm using rdiff-back version 0.12.7, Red Hat EL ES3 on the primary box, Red
Hat 8.0 on the mirror box.

Thanks,

Steve Wooding

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