[rdiff-backup-users] --restrict-read-only gives error message (0.12.4)

[Maik Schreiber]

Hi,

I'm running rdiff-backup (0.12.4 on both sides) to backup a remote server. The
destination rdiff-backup (running as non-root) connects to the source box
under a non-root user. The server box is then starting rdiff-backup as root
via sudo.

Unfortunately, I'm getting the following tracebacks when testing the
connection (--test-server) when running the source rdiff-backup with "-v0
--restrict-read-only / --server". When I'm not using "--restrict-read-only /"
the test would run fine.


Testing server started by:  ssh address@hidden /BACKUP/DIR
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 246,
  in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 222,
  in take_action
    elif action == "test-server": SetConnections.TestConnections()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
  line 222, in TestConnections
    for i in range(1, len(Globals.connections)): test_connection(i)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
  line 233, in test_connection
    sys.stderr.write("Server tests failed\n")
NameError: global name 'sys' is not defined

[Looks like there's another bug here, eh? ;)]

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 246,
  in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 217,
  in take_action
    connection.PipeConnection(sys.stdin, sys.stdout).Server()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
  line 331, in Server
    self.get_response(-1)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
  line 293, in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
  line 216, in _get
    raise ConnectionReadError("Truncated header string (problem "
rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header string
(problem probably originated remotely)

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