the command you gave me outputs:

Bad owner or permissions on /var/lib/backuppc/.ssh/config

I have set up root user on the mac and am able to see it authenticates
automatically when sshing into it and using ssh -l root host_ip whoami i
get "root" as the output

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Tim Fletcher <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 09:59 -0500, Zach Lanich wrote:
> > After using the # cat /var/lib/backuppc/.ssh/Config
> > StrictHostKeyChecking on, im now getting:
> >
> > Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l root zachs-macbook-pro env LC_ALL=C
> /usr/bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /Users/zlanich/Sites --totals .
> > full backup started for directory /Users/zlanich/Sites
> > Xfer PIDs are now 29485,29484
> > Tar exited with error 65280 () status
> > tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp,
> 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal
> > Got fatal error during xfer (Tar exited with error 65280 () status)
> > Backup aborted (lost network connection during backup)
> > Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the
> prior one (got 0 and 0 files versus 35249)
> >
> > Using Tar. I have a Quick network with Gigabit and Wireless N. I'm
> > dumfounded as to how it could be having network issues midbackup
>
> OK so, quick google of "Tar exited with error 65280" strongly suggests
> it's a login problem so I have a little test for you:
>
> I'm not clear what version of linux you are using on the backuppc server
> but this should work on most versions of linux, pull up a terminal
> window and type the following:
>
> sudo -s -H -u backuppc
>
> this opens a shell up as the backuppc user, next run this command:
>
> /usr/bin/ssh -l root zachs-macbook-pro
>
> you should see a new shell open up on your Macbook pro without asking
> any questions or for any passwords, however I don't think you will for
> one of 3 reasons:
>
> 1. You haven't enabled the root user on the mac, as it's disabled by
> default.
>
> 2. You haven't put the right name in, if you are using bonjour (aka
> mDNS) then you need to put the name in as zachs-macbook-pro.local
> the .local is important.
>
> 3. You haven't got your ssh keys setup correctly.
>
> --
> Tim Fletcher <[email protected]>
>
>
>
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