Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Keep Getting Security Error Traceback and losing connection

[Josh Nisly]

The problem is because the versions are different - upgrade the remote 
version to 1.2.0 or greater, and the problem should go away.

Josh Nisly

Erik Wickstrom wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I kep getting the following traceback when trying to backup over ssh.  The
> client is Mac OS X (10.5) and the server is Ubuntu 8.04.
>
> $ rdiff-backup /tmp/s address@hidden::/home/allyssa/t
> Warning: Local version 1.2.1 does not match remote version 1.1.15.
> Exception '
> Warning Security Violation!
> Bad request for function: rpath.make_file_dict
> with arguments: ['/home/allyssawickstrom/t']
> ' raised of class '<class 'rdiff_backup.Security.Violation'>':
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 302,
> in error_check_Main
>     try: Main(arglist)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 319,
> in Main
>     rps = map(SetConnections.cmdpair2rp, cmdpairs)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
> line 78, in cmdpair2rp
>     return rpath.RPath(conn, filename).normalize()
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 860,
> in __init__
>     else: self.setdata()
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 884,
> in setdata
>     self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
> 448, in __call__
>     return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
> 370, in reval
>     if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in <module>
>     rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 302,
> in error_check_Main
>     try: Main(arglist)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 319,
> in Main
>     rps = map(SetConnections.cmdpair2rp, cmdpairs)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
> line 78, in cmdpair2rp
>     return rpath.RPath(conn, filename).normalize()
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 860,
> in __init__
>     else: self.setdata()
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 884,
> in setdata
>     self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
> 448, in __call__
>     return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.5/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: rpath.make_file_dict
> with arguments: ['/home/allyssawickstrom/t']
>
> Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system
>
> Any idea what is causing this?  I've tried compiling rdiff-backup from
> source and installing from fink - no luck...
>
> Thanks!
> Erik
>
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