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
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