[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff and connection error

[Basil Shubin]

Hello friends!

First, rdiff-backup is excellent tool!

Second, I have some problems using it when making backup from local 
machine to remote one. Here what I get:

Warning: Local version 1.1.7 does not match remote version 1.1.5.
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Detected abilities for source (read only) file system:
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Case sensitivity                             On
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
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Making directory /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Touching /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ a.
Deleting /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ a.
Touching /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\ ᄉ
Deleting /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\ ᄉ
Touching /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A
Deleting /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A
Touching /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo
Deleting /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo
Making directory /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl
Touching 
/mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1
Hard linking 
/mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl/hardlinked_file2 
to /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at 
/mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
ACLs not supported on filesystem at 
/mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Touching /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/dir_inc_check
Deleting /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/dir_inc_check
Touching /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/regfile
Deleting /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/regfile
Touching /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/high_perms
Deleting /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/high_perms
Deleting /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Removing directory /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
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Detected abilities for destination (read/write) file system:
  Ownership changing                           Off
  Hard linking                                 On
  fsync() directories                          On
  Directory inc permissions                    On
  High-bit permissions                         On
  Extended filenames                           On
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Case sensitivity                             On
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
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Getting signature of .svn/README.txt with blocksize 64
Getting signature of .svn/empty-file with blocksize 64
Getting signature of .svn/entries with blocksize 64
Getting signature of .svn/format with blocksize 64
Getting signature of Data.fs with blocksize 183552
Read from remote host zope1.server.com: Operation timed out
Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system
Executing ssh -C zope1_backup rdiff-backup --server
Registering connection 1
Making directory /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at 
/usr/home/backup-zeo/extranet/var
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
ACLs not supported on filesystem at /usr/home/backup-zeo/extranet/var
Making directory /mnt/backup/var/rdiff-backup-data/increments
Starting mirror /usr/home/backup-zeo/extranet/var to /mnt/backup/var
Getting delta (with hash) of 
/usr/home/backup-zeo/extranet/var/.svn/README.txt with signature 
.svn/README.txt
Getting delta (with hash) of 
/usr/home/backup-zeo/extranet/var/.svn/empty-file with signature 
.svn/empty-file
Getting delta (with hash) of 
/usr/home/backup-zeo/extranet/var/.svn/entries with signature .svn/entries
Getting delta (with hash) of 
/usr/home/backup-zeo/extranet/var/.svn/format with signature .svn/format
Getting delta (with hash) of /usr/home/backup-zeo/extranet/var/Data.fs 
with signature Data.fs
Exception '' raised of class 'rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionWriteError':
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", 
line 298, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", 
line 318, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", 
line 274, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", 
line 340, in Backup
    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", 
line 38, in Mirror
    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 448, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 368, in reval
    result = self.get_response(req_num)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 323, in get_response
    self.answer_request(object, req_num)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 336, in answer_request
    except: result = self.extract_exception()
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 335, in answer_request
    result = apply(eval(request.function_string), argument_list)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 483, in readfromid
    if length is None: return cls.vfiles[id].read()
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 
302, in read
    if not self.addtobuffer(): break
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 
325, in addtobuffer
    try: currentobj = self.iter.next()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", 
line 113, in get_diffs
    if dest_sig.isreg(): attach_diff(diff_rorp, src_rp, dest_sig)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", 
line 94, in attach_diff
    fileobj = robust.check_common_error(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", 
line 41, in check_common_error
    if is_routine_fatal(exc): log.Log.exception(1, 6)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/log.py", 
line 189, in exception
    logging_func(self.exception_to_string(), verbosity)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/log.py", 
line 119, in __call__
    if verbosity <= self.verbosity: self.log_to_file(message)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/log.py", 
line 129, in log_to_file
    else: self.log_file_conn.log.Log.log_to_file(message)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 448, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 366, in reval
    self._put(ConnectionRequest(function_string, len(args)), req_num)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 139, in _put
    else: self._putobj(obj, req_num)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 144, in _putobj
    self._write("o", pickle.dumps(obj, 1), req_num)
  File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 206, in _write
    except IOError: raise ConnectionWriteError()


BTW, local machine behind hardware firewall which I can't access.

Any suggestions and/or possible solutions?

Thanks in advance!