sbackup

[Keith Clark]

On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 11:18 -0500, Keith Clark wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 11:03 -0500, Fred Roller wrote:
> > Keith Clark wrote:
> > > I am using Simple Backup to setup my computer systems backups and it was
> > > working fine until two days ago.  It successfully backed up on October
> > > 26,27,28,29,30 and 31.  However the 31st was the last successful backup,
> > > nothing further.
> > >
> > > I found this in my system log so I know it is at least trying to run:
> > >
> > > Nov  3 03:00:01 bookworm-acerdesktop /USR/SBIN/CRON[9341]: (root) CMD
> > > (if [ -x /usr/sbin/sbackupd ]; then /usr/sbin/sbackupd; fi;)
> > >
> > > I'm not sure how to diagnose the problem from here though.
> > >
> > > I use this same method of backing up on my other 4 computers and they
> > > are working just fine, it is just this one.  It also happens to be the
> > > only one that is updating over the internet and not over the local lan.
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >   
> > I know this seems obvious but have you checked the path to the systems 
> > internet destination?  If the other systems are working (locally) and 
> > the log shows the broken system is trying, then it could be simply 
> > timing out from a bad connection.  Just a thought.
> 
> Actually Fred, the problem is that the power to the server was cut
> during the night and the computer was automatically rebooted.  This in
> turn caused ssh keys problems with sbackup.
> 
> I did rm /home/keithclark/.ssh/known_hosts and now I'll wait until
> tonight to see if this resolves my issue.
> 
> This was not my personal discovery!  I found this after doing some
> extensive searching:
> 
> http://nikolajlindberg.blogspot.com/2008/04/automatic-simple-backups-sbackup.html
> 
> Keith
> 

Ok, that did not work either.  I have also tried to use ftp instead of
ssh and no luck either.

I'm not sure how to go about troubleshooting this one any further!

Keith