I just installed BackupPC in a Debian box to use it as backup server. As you know, this software makes use, among others, of rsync. When using the rsync option, it fails.
Server: Debian Jessie. BackupPC 3.3.1 built from source, executed by user "backup-user". Rsync 3.1.2 built from source with the default options.
Client: Debian Jessie. Rsync 3.1.2 built from source with the default options.
After the fail, the rsync command used can be found in BackupPC's logs. Trying the command in a shell, logged as the BackupPC user, I run into this "protocol version mismatch -- is your shell clean?" error. The command is:
/usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l backup-user 192.168.10.20 /usr/local/bin/rsync
--server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links
--hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --ignore-times .
/home/backup-user/test
Adding some verbose to the rsync command sent to the client, it says (Notice the remote protocol version):
FILE_STRUCT_LEN=24, EXTRA_LEN=4
(Server) Protocol versions: remote=168430090, negotiated=31
protocol version mismatch -- is your shell clean?
(see the rsync man page for an explanation)
[sender] _exit_cleanup(code=2, file=compat.c, line=178): entered rsync error: protocol incompatibility (code 2) at compat.c(178) [sender=3.1.2]
[sender] _exit_cleanup(code=2, file=compat.c, line=178): about to call exit(2)
Looks like the 168430090 in the remote protocol is the decimal representation for 0xA0A0A0A, but no clue of what is writing it. I searched for similar errors in the list, but all I found are due to things I already checked.
In the client, using the debug script I found in rsync site:
/usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l backup-user 192.168.206.103
/home/backup-user/rsync-debug --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms
--owner --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048
--recursive --ignore-times . /home/backup-user/test
rsync-2991.out content:
2997 00:58:30 brk(0) = 0xefb000
2997 00:58:30 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
2997 00:58:30 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fefc7341000
2997 00:58:30 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
2997 00:58:30 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
2997 00:58:30 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=33837, ...}) = 0
2997 00:58:30 mmap(NULL, 33837, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) =
0x7fefc7338000
2997 00:58:30 close(3) = 0
2997 00:58:30 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
2997 00:58:30 open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC)
= 3
2997 00:58:30 read(3,
"\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0P\34\2\0\0\0\0\0@
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\300T\32\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0008\0\n\0@
\0D\0C\0\6\0\0\0\5\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0000\2\0\0\0\0\0\0000\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\4\0\0\0000\303\26\0\0\0\0\0000\303\26\0\0\0\0\0000\303\26\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\5\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\364\352\31\0\0\0\0\0\364\352\31\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\6\0\0\0@\367\31\0\0\0\0\0@\3679\0\0\0\0\0@\3679\0\0\0\0\0\370O\0\0\0\0\0\0\340\222\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\6\0\0\0\240 \32\0\0\0\0\0\240 :\0\0\0\0\0\240
:\0\0\0\0\0\340\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\340\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\4\0\0\0p\2\0\0\0\0\0\0p\2\0\0\0\0\0\0p\2\0\0\0\0\0\0D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\7\0\0\0\4\0\0\0@
\367\31\0\0\0\0\0@\3679\0\0\0\0\0@
\3679\0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\200\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\0\0\0\0P\345td\4\0\0\0L\303\26\0\0\0\0\0L\303\26\0\0\0\0\0L\303\26\0\0\0\0\0$j\0\0\0\0\0\0$j\0\0\0\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\0\0\0\0Q\345td\6\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0R\345td\4\0\0\0@
\367\31\0\0\0\0\0@\3679\0\0\0\0\0@
\3679\0\0\0\0\0\3008\0\0\0\0\0\0\3008\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\3\0\0\0GNU\0\371?y\343\344|\332K|C=\2\323!\316@\34J\205\1\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\1\0\0\0GNU\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\6\0\0\0
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\363\3\0\0\n\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\16\0\0\0\0000\20D\240
\2\1\210\3\346\220\305E\214\0\300\0\10\0\5\200\0`\300\200\0\r\212\f\0\4\20\0\210D2\10.@\210P4,
\16\"H&\204\300\214\4\10\0\2\2\16\241\254\32\4f\300\0\3002\0\300\0P\1
\201\10\204\v ($\0\4 P\0\20X\200\312DB(\0\6\200\20\30B\0
@\200\0\tP\0Q\212@\20\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\21\20",
832) = 832
2997 00:58:30 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1729984, ...}) = 0
2997 00:58:30 mmap(NULL, 3836448, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fefc6d7a000
2997 00:58:30 mprotect(0x7fefc6f19000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
2997 00:58:30 mmap(0x7fefc7119000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x19f000) = 0x7fefc7119000
2997 00:58:30 mmap(0x7fefc711f000, 14880, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fefc711f000
2997 00:58:30 close(3) = 0
2997 00:58:30 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fefc7337000
2997 00:58:30 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fefc7336000
2997 00:58:30 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fefc7335000
2997 00:58:30 arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7fefc7336700) = 0
2997 00:58:30 mprotect(0x7fefc7119000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
2997 00:58:30 mprotect(0x7fefc7343000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
2997 00:58:30 munmap(0x7fefc7338000, 33837) = 0
2997 00:58:30 rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x41c690, [],
SA_RESTORER|SA_NOCLDSTOP, 0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:30 rt_sigaction(SIGUSR2, {0x41d220, [],
SA_RESTORER|SA_NOCLDSTOP, 0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:30 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x41c630, [],
SA_RESTORER|SA_NOCLDSTOP, 0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:30 geteuid() = 1001
2997 00:58:30 getegid() = 1001
2997 00:58:30 umask(0) = 022
2997 00:58:30 umask(022) = 0
2997 00:58:30 brk(0) = 0xefb000
2997 00:58:30 brk(0xf1c000) = 0xf1c000
2997 00:58:30 open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) =
3
2997 00:58:30 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1607632, ...}) = 0
2997 00:58:30 mmap(NULL, 1607632, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) =
0x7fefc71ac000
2997 00:58:30 close(3) = 0
2997 00:58:30 open("/etc/popt", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
2997 00:58:30 open("/home/backup-user/.popt", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
2997 00:58:30 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x40cca0, [],
SA_RESTORER|SA_NOCLDSTOP, 0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:30 rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {0x40cca0, [],
SA_RESTORER|SA_NOCLDSTOP, 0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:30 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {0x40cca0, [],
SA_RESTORER|SA_NOCLDSTOP, 0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:30 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [HUP INT USR1 USR2 TERM CHLD],
NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:30 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_IGN, [],
SA_RESTORER|SA_NOCLDSTOP, 0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:30 rt_sigaction(SIGXFSZ, {SIG_IGN, [],
SA_RESTORER|SA_NOCLDSTOP, 0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:30 getcwd("/home/backup-user", 4095) = 13
2997 00:58:30 fcntl(0, F_GETFL) = 0 (flags O_RDONLY)
2997 00:58:30 fcntl(0, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
2997 00:58:30 fcntl(1, F_GETFL) = 0x1 (flags O_WRONLY)
2997 00:58:30 fcntl(1, F_SETFL, O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
2997 00:58:30 fcntl(0, F_GETFL) = 0x800 (flags O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK)
2997 00:58:30 fcntl(1, F_GETFL) = 0x801 (flags O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK)
2997 00:58:30 write(1, "\37\0\0\0", 4) = 4
Here is where the script stops. I have to hit return several times in the server. Then it continues:
2997 00:58:30 select(1, [0], NULL, [0], {60, 0}) = 1 (in [0], left {55,
558348})
2997 00:58:34 read(0, "\n", 4) = 1
2997 00:58:34 select(1, [0], NULL, [0], {60, 0}) = 1 (in [0], left {59,
793510})
2997 00:58:35 read(0, "\n", 3) = 1
2997 00:58:35 select(1, [0], NULL, [0], {60, 0}) = 1 (in [0], left {59,
975726})
2997 00:58:35 read(0, "\n", 2) = 1
2997 00:58:35 select(1, [0], NULL, [0], {60, 0}) = 1 (in [0], left {59,
968630})
2997 00:58:35 read(0, "\n", 1) = 1
2997 00:58:35 write(2, "protocol version mismatch -- is your shell
clean?", 49) = 49
2997 00:58:35 write(2, "\n", 1) = 1
2997 00:58:35 write(2, "(see the rsync man page for an explanation)", 43)
= 43
2997 00:58:35 write(2, "\n", 1) = 1
2997 00:58:35 rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {SIG_IGN, [], SA_RESTORER,
0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:35 rt_sigaction(SIGUSR2, {SIG_IGN, [], SA_RESTORER,
0x7fefc6daf180}, NULL, 8) = 0
2997 00:58:35 write(2, "rsync error: protocol incompatibility (code 2) at
compat.c(178) [sender=3.1.2]", 78) = 78
2997 00:58:35 write(2, "\n", 1) = 1
2997 00:58:35 nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL) = 0
2997 00:58:35 exit_group(2) = ?
2997 00:58:35 exited with 2
After some hours of research, I can't figure out what is wrong. I removed and checked everything that could write any text (ssh welcome message, .bashrc echos, passphrase and even the system prompt) and rsync is still unable to gather the files. ssh connection is made passwordless.
I also made the true > testfile test, with no problems:
backup-user@backup:~$ /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l backup-user 192.168.10.20 true
> testfile
backup-user@backup:~$ ll testfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup-user backup-user 0 feb 16 02:26 testfile
The lines:
2997 00:58:30 open("/etc/popt", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
2997 00:58:30 open("/home/backup-user/.popt", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
Looks suspicious to me, but also checked the libraries involved.
Options --server and --sender are added by BackupPC, but are not supposed to be needed in a regular use, as the rsync documentation states.
Did somebody find the same problem? I know usually this is caused by something writting data on the terminal, but with the debug script I can see that is rsync the proccess writing the data.
Hope this information is clear enough. Thanks for your time.
